Ben Ib

Ben Ib is a CG artist living and working in London. He has directed music videos for Kylie Minogue, Calvin Harris, The Ting Tings, Roni Size, Goldie Lookin Chain, Mr Hudson and Stateless. He has also created live tour visuals for Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Robbie Williams, Minogue and The Smashing Pumpkins, as well as creating the cover image for ACDC's Power Up album (Creative Direction by Josh Cheuse) and Paul McCartney's New album (from a logo and cover concept conceived by UK art and design team Rebecca and Mike).[1]

Ben Ib
NationalityEnglish
OccupationMusic video director and CGI artist
Known forKylie Minogue, Calvin Harris, The Ting Tings videos

Early work

Ib studied art at Leeds University.[2] His first digital short Collapse, created as a third-year university film won the "Video Positive" award in 1996 and was screened on Channel Four's "Digital Underground" series. His early student work was screened at the Hanover Film Festival, the AVE Festival (Arnhem, The Netherlands), One Dot Zero,[3] Cinefeel and the Edinburgh Film Festival. In 1998 Ib relocated to London to work as a 3D artist in the post-production industry, eventually moving into the direction of television advertisements and music videos.

Music videos

Concert visuals

Other work
  • ACDC – Power Up album cover image (Creative Direction Josh Cheuse)
  • The Neon Demon - Film title sequence (With All City Media)
  • Paul McCartney – New album cover image (Logo and cover concept by Rebecca and Mike, Consultancy and design by YES) [7]
  • Paul McCartney – "Ramming" documentary, 2012 (Director)[8][9]
  • Razorlight – "Golden Touch – Live at the Bicklayers Arms" (Director)
  • SJWatson – "Before I go to Sleep" commercial (Director)
  • Directed television advertisements for Coke Light, Sunsilk and Dulux

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Who studied here - Performance". Alumni.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. "onedotzero". Onedotzero.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. "Calvin Harris 'Ready For The Weekend' Video Making Of | popdirt.com". Popdirt.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Behind the scenes on the Ting Tings' new promo - News". Digital Arts. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. "Behind the scenes on Kylie's new video". Digital Arts. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  7. "New – Album Artwork Revealed And Deluxe Tracklisting". MPL Communications. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  8. "Paul McCartney recalls making of seminal album 'RAM' – video". Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  9. "Ram : Boxed set". Discogs.com. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
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