Ben Procter (production designer)

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Ben Procter
Education University of California, Los Angeles
Occupations
Years active2000–present
Known for Avatar film series

Ben Procter is an American art director and production designer. He is best known for his work on the Avatar film series, serving as a concept art director on the first film (2009) and as the co-production designer for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). [1] For The Way of Water, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 95th Academy Awards. [2]

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Early life and education

Procter attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated with a degree in fine arts. [3] He struggled to find work as a concept artist immediately following graduation, but his portfolio of traditional paintings eventually landed him an internship in the matte painting department at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). [3] [4]

Career

Procter worked in the video game industry for several years before transitioning into film. [5] He moved to Hollywood in 2001 and established himself as a lead robot illustrator for Transformers (2007) and an art director on its sequels, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). [1]

In 2010, Procter served as an art director for Tron: Legacy . [1] He secured his first credit as a lead production designer on the film Ender's Game (2013), where he was responsible for visualizing the film's interface technology and environments. [6]

Procter's long-standing collaboration with director James Cameron began with the first Avatar film, where he worked as a concept art director focusing on the mechanical elements of the human technology. [1] He returned to the franchise as a co-production designer alongside Dylan Cole for Avatar: The Way of Water , and Avatar: Fire and Ash, tasked with designing the human "hard surface" assets (such as human bases, space craft and vehicles) in contrast to Cole's focus on the organic world of Pandora. [7]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Superman Returns Concept artist
2007 Transformers Lead robot illustrator
2009 Avatar Concept art director
2009 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Art director
2010 Tron: Legacy Art director
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Art director
2012 Prometheus Art director
2013 Ender's Game Production designer
2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction Art director
2022 Avatar: The Way of Water Production designerCo-nominated with Dylan Cole and Vanessa Cole for the Academy Award for Best Production Design
2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Production designerPost-production

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alita: Battle Angel (2019) About The Crew". Visual Hollywood. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  2. ↑ "The 95th Academy Awards | 2023". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved January 22, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Creating the Worlds of Avatar and More". Nemetschek. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Behind the Screen: The Production Design of 'Avatar: Fire and Ash'". The Hollywood Reporter. December 17, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  5. ↑ Moody, Annemarie (December 7, 2010). "Tron: Legacy: an interview with concept artist David Levy". Den of Geek . Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Breaking the barrier – conversation with Ash Thorp". Pushing Pixels. May 7, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ Deckelmeier, Joe (June 30, 2023). "'Avatar: The Way of Water' Production Designer on Melding Reality & Fantasy". Screen Rant . Retrieved January 22, 2024.
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