Ben Stassen

Producer, Director, Writer, Editor

January 1, 1959 (67 years)
Ben Stassen is a Belgian film producer and director. He founded nWave Pictures in 1994, producing highly successful CGI ride films including the groundbreaking Devils Mine. Starting in 1997, Ben Stassen began focusing on large format films usually screened at IMAX theaters, and made some of the most successful large format films to date, including Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun and Alien Adventure. Contrary to most large format films, which mix education with spectacular visuals, most of Stassen's films are aimed exclusively at the entertainment market. As IMAX theaters around the world increasingly became capable of screening stereoscopic (3-D) films in the late nineties, Stassen quickly embraced this new technology, and directed a succession of popular 3-D large format films, such as Encounter in the Third Dimension and Haunted Castle. Upon screening "Haunted Castle", Imax corporation sent a fax to all the exhibitors warning them about the content of the film. Imax went as far as labeling "Haunted Castle" as degrading to the brand. This triggered a strong reaction from both the exhibitors and the press. The film was marketed as "The film Imax corporation does not want you to see". It went on the become a huge success worldwide.

Ben Stassen's first feature length animated film, Fly Me to the Moon, was released in North America on 15 August 2008 on both regular size and IMAX screens, exclusively in 3-D.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
    A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures2010
  • The Queen's Corgi
    The Queen's Corgi2019
  • The Wild Life
    The Wild Life2016
  • Fly Me to the Moon 3D
    Fly Me to the Moon 3D2008
  • A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise
    A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise2012

Known For

  • A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures
    A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures2010
  • The Queen's Corgi
    The Queen's Corgi2019
  • Thunder and the House of Magic
    Thunder and the House of Magic2013
  • Fly Me to the Moon 3D
    Fly Me to the Moon 3D2008
  • Son of Bigfoot
    Son of Bigfoot2017
  • Bigfoot Family
    Bigfoot Family2020
  • A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise
    A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise2012
  • Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
    Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness2022
  • The Wild Life
    The Wild Life2016
  • Haunted Castle
    Haunted Castle2001
  • African Safari
    African Safari2013
  • Encounter in the Third Dimension
    Encounter in the Third Dimension1999
  • Alien Adventure
    Alien Adventure1999
  • Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun
    Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun1997
  • Sammy & Co
    Sammy & Co2 seasons
  • Wild Cats 3D with Kevin Richardson
    Wild Cats 3D with Kevin Richardson2015

Filmography

2023
The Inseparables · as Associate Producer
2022
2020
2019
2017
2016
2015
2013
2013
2012
2010
2007
Fly Me to the Moon 3D · as Executive ProducerOn Plex
2003
2001
Haunted Castle · as Executive Producer
1999
Alien Adventure · as Executive Producer
1999
Encounter in the Third Dimension · as Executive Producer
1997
Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun · as Executive Producer
1988
Zivot sa stricem · as Executive Producer

2020
Bigfoot Family · as Story By
2017
Son of Bigfoot · as Cinematographer
2014
Sammy & Co · as Original Story
2013
African Safari · as Idea
2010
1999
Alien Adventure · as Cinematographer
1999