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 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). For The Way of Water, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 95th Academy Awards.
Early life and education Procter attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he graduated with a degree in fine arts. 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).
Career Procter worked in the video game industry for several years before transitioning into film. 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).
In 2010, Procter served as an art director for Tron: Legacy. 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.
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. 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.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 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 designer Co-nominated with Dylan Cole and Vanessa Cole for the Academy Award for Best Production Design 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash Production designer
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