Ben Mauro

Work History

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  Freelance Senior Concept Designer

  Treyarch

  November 2013 - December 2014

  Call of Duty: Black Ops III
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  Freelance Concept Designer

  Boston Dynamics

  January 2014 - February 2014

  Robots.
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  Senior Art Director

  FZD School of Design

  April 2013 - October 2013

  Part time teaching, full time IP development.
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  Concept Designer

  EuropaCorp

  April 2013 - June 2013

  LUCY
  Director: Luc Besson
  Concept design, VFX design.
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  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...
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  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
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  Production Designer

  Precinct 114

  February 2012 - October 2012

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

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  July 2012 - July 2012

  The Seventh Son [2013]
  Director: Sergey Bodrov
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  Concept Artist

  Warp Records

  April 2012 - July 2012

  Flying Lotus 'Tiny Tortures' MV
  Director: David Lewandowski
  
  https://flying-lotus.com/watch-tiny-tortures-video/
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  Concept Designer

  YouTube

  March 2012 - April 2012

  Robot Design
  'DRONE' [2012] Web series
  Director: Robert Glickert
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  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....
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  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.
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  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)
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  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.
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  Concept Designer

  Insomniac Games

  March 2009 - May 2009

  Created content for RCF2, Resistance 3.
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  Concept Artist

  Ready At Dawn Studios

  July 2008 - September 2008

  Creating characters, vehicles, environments, props for interactive gaming.
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  Visual Development Intern

  Sony Pictures Animation

  May 2008 - June 2008

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