Born and bred in New York City, Ben moved to Los Angeles in 2000 to pursue his Hollywood dreams.

Starting with vfx and cinematic previsualization on the Matrix Sequels and Pirates of the Caribbean, he quickly made the jump into movie art departments, contributing key concept design and art direction for films such as Transformers (as robot designer and art director), Prometheus (working with Ridley Scott, ADG award nom), Tron: Legacy (as vfx art director, ADG Award nom), and the first Avatar (as concept art director, ADG award win).

Ben made the leap into film production design in 2012 with Ender’s Game, and is currently co-designing the Avatar Franchise with Dylan Cole. They were nominated for the Oscar in Production Design for Avatar: The Way of Water. Ben currently lives in LA with his wife, son, and way too many dogs.