Ben Oglesby:
CLASS OF 1968
Twentynine Palms High SchoolClass of 1968
Twentynine palms, CA
Hemet High SchoolClass of 1990
Hemet, CA
Northeast High SchoolClass of 1982
Oklahoma city, OK
Douglass High SchoolClass of 1979
Oklahoma city, OK
University of Central OklahomaClass of 1972
Edmond, OK
Ben's Story
Who am I? Right at the moment I am an engineer with SimEx Iwerks Entertainment. I live in Shanghai with my wife my dogs and cat. My work takes me all over Asia and I haven't seen your side of the ocean for over ten years.
After college I was a teacher in Oklahoma City for eleven years (Acting/Directing/English) and was the department chair for the performing arts highschool. I went back to school full time in '82 as a scenic/lighting/costume designer. Alass, that didn't work out the way it was planned.
I've been a designer for Universal Studios and Disney as well as Sanrio (you know, Hello Kitty?) an now, I'm on my own. I know a lot of you remember the strange sort of whimp that I was but that has all past long ago. I've lived in Japan for three years, Spain for one, and Korea for another three. In the photo above I was 34 and at the University of Oklahoma, it was the year after my son was born. I moved back to California in '85 working for Lee Colortran, Landmark Entertainmen...Expand for more
t at Roboshop as a designer for Gost Busters, and Sanrio. That's when I moved to Japan for three years to design and install Purolando "Discovery Theater", and "Time Machine of Dreams" in Tama, Japan.
I worked for a short time with "Productiones Arco Iris" in Spain as a production designer on Expo '92. Back to L.A. working with Landmark and Dreamquest again as Tech Director for the Samsung Pavilion for Expo '93 in Daejon, Korea. I left before the project was completed to work for Iwerks but continued working on the Expo in Korea.
I fell in love with Asia and spent most of my time here. In '98 I quit my job and became a consultant. I've been working full time since then.
I met my wife in 2001 and we married last year. We bought our house and got a car, more for the dogs than us. Life is good although a little strange. I spoke Spanish but don't get enough chance to practise. I speak some Korean and Mandarine (but don't tell my wife's parents because I don't speak to them).
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