Benjamin Donnelly

Concept Artist / Senior Assistant Art Director

Brisbane , Australia

Summary

Benjamin is a Concept Artist and Senior Assistant Art Director specialising in Vehicle Set Design & Prop Design in the entertainment industry. He has worked on titles such as Thor Ragnarok, Aquaman, Godzilla, Nautilus, Foe, Voltron & Gundam. Clients include Apple TV, Marvel, Disney, Legendary, Universal, Amazon MGM, BBC, Warner Bros and DC Entertainment.

Ben has a strong passion for design, visualisation, worldbuilding and storytelling and is an advocate for the use of real-time visualisation tools in film production art departments to provide interactive virtual presentations of sets to Directors, Production Designers and DoPs. He is driven to explore innovative tools and methodologies that propel the design process forwards, finding solutions to complex problems fast - from concept models to build-ready construction files.

A guest lecturer and tutor in Industrial Design at the Queensland University of Technology, Ben enjoys sharing his knowledge, experience and methodology with design students.

Skills

Software proficiency

SketchUp

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

ZBrush

Rhinoceros

Photoscan

Fusion 360

Marvelous Designer

Unreal Engine

V-Ray

Blender

World Creator

Productions

- Movie
  GUNDAM
- Year
  2028
- Role
  Senior Assistant Art Director
- Company
  Legendary Entertainment
- Movie
  SUBVERSION
- Year
  2027
- Role
  Senior Assistant Art Director
- Company
  Amazon MGM Studios
- Movie
  Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
- Year
  2027
- Role
  Senior Assistant Art Director
- Company
  Legendary Entertainment
- Movie
  VOLTRON
- Year
  2026
- Role
  Assistant Art Director
- Company
  Amazon MGM Studios
- TV Production
  Metropolis (Cancelled)
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Artist (Set Dec)
- Company
  Apple TV
- Movie
  Godzilla x Kong The New Empire
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Assistant Art Director
- Company
  LEGENDARY
- Movie
  FOE
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Prop Designer
- Company
  ANONYMOUS
- Movie
  Thor Love and Thunder
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Set Designer / Concept Artist
- Company
  MARVEL
- Movie
  Godzilla vs Kong
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Set Designer / 3D Concept Artist
- Company
  Legendary Entertainment
- Movie
  Aquaman
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Set Designer / 3D Concept Artist
- Company
  DC (Warner Bros)
- Movie
  Thor Ragnarok
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  MARVEL (Disney)

Experience

GUNDAM: Senior Assistant Art Director at Legendary Entertainment
Gold Coast, AU
November 2025 - July 2026
SUBVERSION: Senior Assistant Art Director at AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
Gold Coast, AU
July 2025 - November 2025
GxK SUPERNOVA: Senior Assistant Art Director at LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT
Gold Coast, AU
March 2025 - June 2025
VOLTRON - Assistant Art Director at AMAZON MGM
Gold Coast, AU
May 2024 - March 2025
GxK: THE NEW EMPIRE - Assistant Art Director at LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT
Gold Coast, AU
February 2022 - November 2022
NAUTILUS - Prop Designer + 3D Artist at DISNEY
Gold Coast, Australia
October 2021 - February 2022
TICKET TO PARADISE - Set Designer at NBC UNIVERSAL
Brisbane, Australia
July 2021 - October 2021
THOR LOVE AND THUNDER - Set Designer at MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Brisbane, Australia
September 2020 - June 2021
GODZILLA VS KONG - Vehicle Designer at LEGENDARY ENTERTAINMENT
Gold Coast, Australia
September 2018 - March 2019
AQUAMAN - 3D Artist & Set Designer at DC / WARNER BROS
Gold Coast, Australia
February 2017 - October 2017
THOR RAGNAROK - 3D Artist & Prop Illustrator at MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Gold Coast, Australia
April 2016 - October 2016

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