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Gustav Hoegen is an animatronic designer/ creature FX artist. [1]
Hoegen grew up in the Netherlands and then moved to England when he was 19 [2] where there was a thriving film industry so that he could be part of it. He studied at the Bournemouth Art Institute in the Design Modelmaking course. [3] After two years in college, he was offered an apprenticeship at Artem. [1]
Hoegen started his career as a model maker at a company called Artem. Today he is an animatronic designer and modeler for Pinewood Studios located near London, England. [1]
Hoegen has done animatronic designs on the following movies: Prometheus, Clash of the Titans, The Nutcracker in 3D, Inkheart, Doctor Who, Hatching, Isolation, The Brothers Grimm, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, This Little Life, A Shine of Rainbows, Doctor Who Confidential. [2]