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Ben Mauro
Ben Mauro
Art Director & Senior Concept Designer. Creator of HUXLEY.
Seattle, United States

Summary

Ben Mauro is a senior concept designer and art director working in the entertainment industry, he studied industrial design and entertainment design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. After college he relocated to Wellington, New Zealand where he worked at Weta Workshop from 2009- 2013, over that time he contributed to a vast array of Film, Television and Videogame projects such as ‘The Hobbit Trilogy’ and ‘Elysium’ among many others. He is currently working as a senior concept designer at 343 Industries on Halo Infinite.

Past clients include: NASA, Lexus, Boston Dynamics, 20th Century Fox, Treyarch, 343 Industries, Sledgehammer Games, MPC, Legendary Pictures, Weta Workshop, Magic Leap, LucasFilm, Rhythm & Hues, Activision, EuropaCorp, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Insomniac Games, Microsoft, Design Studio Press, SyFy and Discovery Channel.

Skills

World Building

Software proficiency

Blender
Blender
Keyshot
Keyshot
Photoshop
Photoshop
ZBrush
ZBrush
3DCoat
3DCoat
Pencil2D
Pencil2D
Mixer
Mixer
Octane Render
Octane Render

Productions

    • Video Game
      Halo Infinite
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      343 Industries
    • Video Game
      Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Freelance Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      Treyarch
    • Movie
      Metal Gear Solid (film)
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      Jordan Vogts Roberts
    • Movie
      MORTAL ENGINES
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Concept Artist
    • Company
      Weta Workshop
    • Movie
      Elysium
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Concept designer
    • Company
      weta workshop
    • Movie
      Chappie
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Illustrator
    • Company
      weta workshop
    • Movie
      Valerian: And the city of a thousand planets
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer, Art Director
    • Company
      Europacorp
    • Movie
      The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    • Year
      2013
    • Role
      Concept Designer
    • Company
      weta workshop
    • Movie
      The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Concept Designer
    • Company
      weta workshop
    • Movie
      The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    • Year
      2012
    • Role
      Concept Designer
    • Company
      weta workshop
    • Video Game
      call of duty: black ops 3
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      Treyarch
    • Video Game
      Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      sledgehammer games
    • Movie
      The Predator
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Creature Designer
    • Company
      20th Century Fox
    • TV Production
      childhoods end
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      Syfy
    • Movie
      lucy
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Senior Concept Designer
    • Company
      europacorp
    • Movie
      The Amazing Spider-Man 2
    • Year
      2014
    • Role
      Concept Designer
    • Company
      weta workshop