Ben Hibon is a Swiss animation director. Hibon was born in Geneva, Switzerland, where he completed studies in Fine Art. He moved to London in 1996 to study Graphic Design at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, followed by a master's degree at the same school. Hibon created in-game sequences for the Capcom's 2005 video game ''

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''. He also designed and directed a segment for ''

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'', a Japanese horror film written and directed by the infamous Sakichi Sato. Hibon's short film ''

Codehunters ''Codehunters'' is a 2006 short film directed and written by Ben Hibon, animated by Axis Animation, and music by Joris de Man. It was commissioned by MTV Asia and shown at the MTV Music Awards, it has been viewed over 400 million times. Plot Co ...

'' premiered at the MTV Asia Awards 2006 held in Bangkok, Thailand. Since its release, ''Codehunters'' has been shown in more than 50 festivals all around the world, and received nominations at the Raindance Film Festival and the Rushes Shorts Festival. It won a gold award for Best Animation at the Promax/BDA Asia awards in 2006, the Imagina Award 07 for best short film, a D&AD Nomination for Animation, and most recently the highly coveted Golden Nica award at the Prix Ars Electronica 2007. In early 2007, Sony PlayStation commissioned Hibon to create and direct an animated series inspired by their flagship

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game ''

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''. The episodes, made available weekly as a lead-up to the game's release, are also featured on the game disc as extras. Hibon assisted

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in directing the animated short of ''The Tale of The Three Brothers'' in ''

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''. He is currently lined up to direct ''Pan'', a dark contemporary version of the story of ''Peter Pan''. Hibon's work has been recognized by Promax, British Animation Awards, Creative Circle, D&AD, OFFF, Flash Forward Festival/NY and shown at festivals such as Raindance, Rushes Soho Short, onedotzero, Resfest, Art Futura, the Berlin Interfilm Festival, the Edinburgh and Stockholm International Film Festivals. His commercial work includes clients such as Sony PlayStation, Electronic Arts, Renault, MTV Europe, MTV Asia, Sega, Puma, Capcom, Channel4, Namco, Nissan and Kwik Fit. In August 2020, it was announced that Hibon will serve as director, executive producer and creative lead on Nickelodeon's '' Star Trek: Prodigy''.

Filmography

*''Parasite'' (2002, as director, producer, writer) *''

'' (2005, animation, miscellaneous) *''Codehunters'' (2006, as director, writer) *''

'' (2007, as series director) *'' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008, animation) *''

'' (2010, animation director) *'' Mirror Mirror'' (2012, animation) *''A.D.'' *'' Star Trek: Prodigy'' (2021, as director, executive producer, and creative lead)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hibon, Ben Living people Swiss animators Swiss animated film directors Swiss animated film producers 1977 births Film people from Geneva Alumni of Central Saint Martins Swiss expatriates in England