Benjamin Donnelly
Benjamin Donnelly
Concept Artist / Senior Assistant Art Director
Brisbane , Australia

Summary

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

Ben has a strong passion for design, visualisation 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

Art DirectionConcept ArtConcept DesignIllustrationRendering3D Animation3D Modeling3D VisualizationArtSet DesignProduct DesignVisual DevelopmentVehicle ModelingIndustrial DesignDesign

Software proficiency

SketchUp
SketchUp
Photoshop
Photoshop
Illustrator
Illustrator
After Effects
After Effects
ZBrush
ZBrush
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros
Photoscan
Photoscan
Fusion 360
Fusion 360
Marvelous Designer
Marvelous Designer
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
V-Ray
V-Ray
Blender
Blender
World Creator
World Creator

Productions

    • 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

  • 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