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Benjamin Cairns(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Additional Crew
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Benjamin Cairns is known for Elysium (2013), The Predator (2018) and Chappie (2015).
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    Known for

    Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium
    6.6
    • Additional Crew(as Ben Cairns)
    • 2013
    The Predator (2018)
    The Predator
    5.3
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(additional photography second unit)
    • 2018
    Sharlto Copley in Chappie (2015)
    Chappie
    6.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2015
    Godzilla (2014)
    Godzilla
    6.4
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2014

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Sarah Fisher and Simon Arblaster in Meet Me Under the Mistletoe (2023)
      Meet Me Under the Mistletoe
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Christopher Russell and Laura Osnes in A Dash of Christmas (2023)
      A Dash of Christmas
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Jennifer Lopez in The Mother (2023)
      The Mother
      5.6
      • second assistant director
      • 2023
    • Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett in Lou (2022)
      Lou
      6.1
      • second assistant director
      • 2022
    • Nina Dobrev, Jimmy O. Yang, and Darren Barnet in Love Hard (2021)
      Love Hard
      6.3
      • second assistant director (as Ben Cairns)
      • 2021
    • La Brea (2021)
      La Brea
      5.8
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2021–2024
    • Sydney Park in There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)
      There's Someone Inside Your House
      4.9
      • second assistant director
      • 2021
    • Joel Kinnaman in Altered Carbon (2018)
      Altered Carbon
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • third assistant director
      • 2018–2020
    • Winslow Fegley in Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)
      Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
      6.0
      • second second assistant director
      • 2020
    • Brian Steele and Maxwell Jenkins in Lost in Space (2018)
      Lost in Space
      7.3
      TV Series
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Topher Grace, Dennis Haysbert, Josh Lucas, Mike Colter, Chrissy Metz, and Marcel Ruiz in Breakthrough (2019)
      Breakthrough
      6.3
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Ralph Fiennes, Bruce Willis, Will Ferrell, Chris McKay, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Alderson, Kristen Ariza, Ike Barinholtz, Charlie Day, Noel Fielding, Will Forte, Christopher Miller, Mike Mitchell, Jason Momoa, Nick Offerman, Gary Payton, Chris Pratt, Maya Rudolph, Cora Miller, Cobie Smulders, Trisha Gum, Channing Tatum, Richard Ayoade, Alison Brie, Sheryl Swoopes, Jorma Taccone, Jonah Hill, Tiffany Haddish, Ben Schwartz, Doug Nicholas, Margot Rubin, Todd Hansen, Teri Reeves, Jadon Sand, Stephanie Beatriz, Ollie Mitchell, Emily Nordwind, Liam Knight, Jimmy O. Yang, Ryan Halprin, Graham Miller, Lauren White, Kristen Phaneuf, Brooklynn Prince, Sawyer D. Jones, and Emmett Mitchell in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
      The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
      6.5
      • second assistant director
      • 2019
    • Liam James, Benedict Wong, María Gabriela de Faría, Benjamin Wadsworth, Lana Condor, and Luke Tennie in Deadly Class (2018)
      Deadly Class
      7.5
      TV Series
      • third assistant director: pilot
      • 2018
    • The Predator (2018)
      The Predator
      5.3
      • second assistant director: additional photography second unit
      • 2018
    • Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper (2018)
      Skyscraper
      5.8
      • second second assistant director (as Ben Cairns)
      • 2018

    Additional Crew

    • Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
      Elysium
      6.6
      • production assistant (as Ben Cairns)
      • 2013
    • Henry Cavill in Man of Steel (2013)
      Man of Steel
      7.1
      • set staff assistant: Vancouver (as Ben Cairns)
      • 2013
    • Liam Neeson in The Grey (2011)
      The Grey
      6.7
      • production assistant
      • 2011
    • Dulé Hill and James Roday Rodriguez in Psych (2006)
      Psych
      8.4
      TV Series
      • baseball associate
      • 2011
    • Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, and Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson in The A-Team (2010)
      The A-Team
      6.7
      • assistant director production assistant: second unit
      • 2010

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      • Ben Cairns

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