Richard Baneham

The Dublin man has worked on some of the highest-grossing and most visually groundbreaking films of all time.

During their first meeting, the pair discussed ideas for how Cameron could bring his vision to life. Up until this year and the release of, was the single most-awarded film ever made. “We accept these awards on behalf of a very large crew. Jackson, a fan of, hired Baneham as an animation supervisor on both and . In an interview on thein 2017, Richard Baneham confirmed he had signed up to work on all four of James Cameron's planned sequels, the first of which, , was released in December 2022. , like the before it, would go on to usher in a new era of visual effects on film. A decade later, in a post-world, he returned to the idea of Pandora. For their work on the trilogy, Baneham and his colleagues garnered numerous accolades. Following the release of, Baneham was hired to work on , the debut film of Simpsons alum Brad Bird. For the job, he relocated to New Zealand for two years and supervised a team of 50 or so animators. ‘‘I was in the right place at the right time," Baneham told thein 2010. Soon after setting himself up in the City of Angels, he was hired as a clean-up artist on the Swan Lake-inspired animated film.