Mark Stuart Ardington (1976 – 27 June 2024) was a British visual effects artist. He was born als Mark Williams and later sometimes credited also as Mark Williams Ardington.

Life

Ardington studied computer animation & visualisation at Bournemouth University from 1994 to 1997.[2]

He received the 2015 Academy Award for his work on the film Ex Machina in the category of Best Visual Effects. He shared the award with Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, and Sara Bennett.[3]

Mark Ardington passed away on 27th June 2024, aged 48.[4] He left behind his wife and two daughters.[5]

References

  1. ^ Who is Mark. In: plumanimation.com (archive version), access date 27th March 2025.
  2. ^ Oscar-winning BU graduate back in Bournemouth for BFX Festival. In: bournemouth.ac.uk, 13th October 2016.
  3. ^ "88th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ Mark Stuart Ardington. In: bicesteradvertiser.net, access date 27th March 2025.
  5. ^ In Memoriam. In: vesglobal.org, access date 27th March 2025.
No tags for this post.