Name: How Benjamin Button got his face
Uploaded: 2009-02-23T01:00:00Z
Duration: 17 min 47 s
Description: Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, explains the Oscar-winning technology that allowed his team to digitally create the older versions of Brad Pitt's face for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."

Ed Ulbrich: How Benjamin Button got his face

How Benjamin Button got his face

Revolutionary CGI techniques in 'Benjamin Button' blurred reality, aging Brad Pitt digitally, bypassing traditional makeup.

By abandoning marker-based motion capture for 'contour capture', filmmakers captured the subtleties of human expression.

Revolutionizing film, a team digitally crafted Brad Pitt's aged face for 'Benjamin Button', merging acting with cutting-edge technology.