Ben Mauro

Ben Mauro

Senior Concept Artist / 18 yrs

Singapore

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Senior Concept Designer

Halo Infinite (2021)

Concept Designer

Mortal Engines (2018)

Senior Concept Designer

Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (2018)

Creature Designer

The Predator (2018)

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Concept Designer

The Great Wall (2017)

Concept Designer

Childhood's End (2015)

Senior Concept Designer

Call of Duty: Black Ops III (2015)

Conceptual Illustrator

Chappie (2015)

Creature Designer

Seventh Son (2015)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Senior Concept Designer

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014)

Concept Artist

Hercules (2014)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

Designer

Lucy (2014)

Concept Artist

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Designer

Elysium (2013)

Conceptual Designer

Man of Steel (2013)

Artwork / Concept Artist / Design

From the Future with Love (2013)

Designer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

Concept Designer

PlayStation Home (2008)

Work History

  • Freelance Senior Concept Designer

    Treyarch

    November 2013 - December 2014

    Call of Duty: Black Ops III

  • Freelance Concept Designer

    Boston Dynamics

    January 2014 - February 2014

    Robots.

  • Senior Art Director

    FZD School of Design

    April 2013 - October 2013

    Part time teaching, full time IP development.

  • Concept Designer

    EuropaCorp

    April 2013 - June 2013

    LUCY
    Director: Luc Besson
    Concept design, VFX design.

  • Designer

    Weta Workshop

    August 2009 - May 2013

    Elysium [2013]
    Director: Neill Blomkamp

    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012]
    Director: Peter Jackson

    The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug [2013]
    Director: Peter Jackson

    The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies [2013]
    Director: Peter Jackson

    King Kong 3D Ride [2010]
    Director: Peter Jackson

    The Amazing Spiderman 2
    Director: Marc Webb

    Many Unannounced Projects...

  • Creature Designer

    Digic Pictures

    February 2013 - March 2013

    Creature design for full CG commercial.

  • Senior Concept Designer

    Activision (freelance)

    April 2012 - December 2012

    Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

  • Production Designer

    Precinct 114

    February 2012 - October 2012

    Production Designer, Lead Concept Designer and Costume Designer on an upcoming original Sci-fi TV series.

  • Creature Designer

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    July 2012 - July 2012

    The Seventh Son [2013]
    Director: Sergey Bodrov

  • Concept Artist

    Warp Records

    April 2012 - July 2012

    Flying Lotus 'Tiny Tortures' MV
    Director: David Lewandowski

    https://flying-lotus.com/watch-tiny-tortures-video/

  • Concept Designer

    YouTube

    March 2012 - April 2012

    Robot Design
    'DRONE' [2012] Web series
    Director: Robert Glickert

  • Concept Designer

    Universal Pictures

    February 2012 - April 2012

    Pitch work for upcoming Sci-Fi film.

  • Concept Designer

    Vishwa Robotics

    August 2011 - September 2011

    Developing and illustrating advanced robotics systems through the brilliant minds at Vishwa Robotics for MIT, US Army, DARPA, NASA SLSL, Space Robotics Corp etc....

  • Concept Designer

    EuropaCorp

    March 2011 - April 2011

    Valerian [201?]
    Director: Luc Besson

    https://www.firstshowing.net/2012/luc-besson-also-writing-directing-the-valerian-sci-fi-adaptation/

  • Concept Designer

    OUTSO (Freelance)

    October 2008 - August 2010

    Created content for Playstation Home and Unannounced Projects.

  • Concept Designer

    Lucasfilm

    May 2009 - December 2009

    Star Wars: Underworld

  • Concept Designer

    DesignstudioEX (Freelance)

    October 2007 - September 2009

    Clients include: WETA Workshop, Sony Pictures Animation, LucasFilm, Insomniac Games, Gary Goddard Entertainment, Ready At Dawn Studios, Discovery Channel, Outso...Design Studio Press: (NBC, MATTEL, THQ, Cruel and Unusual Films, Pandemic Studios)

  • Concept Designer

    Design Studio Press

    May 2007 - August 2009

    Did work for various clients in the Feature Film, Animation, and Videogame Industries. Clients Include:

    Pandemic Games, Cruel and Unusual Films, THQ, MATTEL, NBC and Spinmaster Studios.

  • Concept Designer

    Insomniac Games

    March 2009 - May 2009

    Created content for RCF2, Resistance 3.

  • Concept Artist

    Ready At Dawn Studios

    July 2008 - September 2008

    Creating characters, vehicles, environments, props for interactive gaming.

  • Visual Development Intern

    Sony Pictures Animation

    May 2008 - June 2008

    Creating characters, creatures, environments, vehicles and props for animated feature films.

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Education

  • Art Center College of Design

    2006 - 2010

  • Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

    2006 - 2008

  • Digipen Institue of Technology

    2003 - 2005