LAURENT BEN-MIMOUN CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION, 3D CONCEPT DESIGN MATTE PAINTING, ART DIRECTION Portfolios: www.blueman.ws https://laurentbenmimoun.myportfolio.com/
FILM DIRECTOR PRODUCTION/Reported To
“MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE” AARON NEE SONY PICTURES Concept Illustrator ADAM NEE
“SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING 2” JON WATTS SONY PICTURES Concept Illustrator MARVEL STUDIOS
“SHAZAM” DAVID F. SANDBERG NEW LINE CINEMA Concept Illustrator PD: Jennifer Spence
“ANT-MAN AND THE WASP” PEYTON REED MARVEL STUDIOS Concept Illustrator PD: Shepherd Frankel
“STARFALL” JOE JOHNSTON DI BONAVENTURA PICTURES Conceptual Art/Illustrations PD: Barry Robinson
“THOR: RAGNAROK” TAIKA WAITITI MARVEL STUDIOS Conceptual Art Director PD: Dan Hennah
“THE DARK TOWER” NIKOLAJ ARCEL SONY PICTURES Concept Illustrator MEDIA RIGHTS CAPITAL PD: Chris Glass, Dan Hennah
“ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THROUGH JAMES BOBIN WALT DISNEY PICTURES THE LOOKING GLASS” Director: James Bobin Concept Design for Prep & Post PD: Dan Hennah & Film Book Art
“GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: VOL. 2” JAMES GUNN MARVEL STUDIOS Concept Illustrator PD: Scott Chamblis
“PASSENGERS” MORTEN TYLDUM COLUMBIA PICTURES Concept Illustrator PD: Guy Dyas Art Directors Guild Certificate of Appreciation (Production Design received an Academy Award nomination and WON the Art Directors Guild Award)
“INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE” ROLAND EMMERICH TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Concept Illustrator Director: Roland Emmerich 3D Designs/Concept Art PD: Barry Chusid
“GHOSTBUSTERS” PAUL FEIG COLUMBIA PICTURES Concept Illustrator PD: Jefferson Sage
“ORPHANS OF THE VOID” Spec Pilot K. MICHEL PARANDI K. MICHEL PARANDI Concept/3D/Art Director
“THE ARK AND THE AARDVARK” JOHN STEVENSON UNIFIED PICTURES Visual Development (Animation)
“BRILLIANCE” JULIUS ONAH LEGENDARY PICTURES Concept Illustrator PD: Dominic Watkins
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“UNTITLED GHOSTBUSTERS III” IVAN REITMAN COLUMBIA PICTURES Lead Concept Illustrator Director: Ivan Reitman Vehicles/props/environments
“PACIFIC RIM” GUILLERMO DEL TORO LEGENDARY PICTURES Lead Matte Painter /Concept Mirada Studios
“PROJECT ALMANAC” DEAN ISRAELITE PARAMOUNT PICTURES Concept Illustrator PLATINUM DUNES Director: Dean Israelite
“TOTAL RECALL” LEN WISEMAN COLUMBIA PICTURES Concept Designer ORIGINAL FILM Director: Len Weisman PD: Patrick Tatopoulos
“300: BATTLE OF ARTEMISIA” NOAM MURRO WARNER BROTHERS Concept Designer LEGENDARY PICTURES PD: Patrick Tatopoulos
“THE AVENGERS” JOSS WHEDON PARAMOUNT PICTURES Concept Artist – Digital Domain MARVEL STUDIOS
“THE HUNGER GAMES” GARY ROSS LIONSGATE Concept Illustrator PD: Phil Messina
“THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN” MARC WEBB COLUMBIA PICTURES Matte Painter – Sony Imageworks
“THE DICTATOR” LARRY CHARLES PARAMOUNT PICTURES Digital Matte Painter – Hatch FX FOUR BY TWO FILMS
“THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET” KEVIN LIMA WARNER BROTHERS Illustrator PD: Jim Bissell
“SOLDIER OF THE LEGION” MICHAEL POLISH TRAFFIC CITY PRODUCTIONS Concept Designer
“ARTHUR CHRISTMAS” SARAH SMITH COLUMBIA PICTURES Concept/Head Matte Painter BARRY COOK SONY PICTURES ANIMATION Oversaw team of 9 artists Director: Sarah Smith
“PRIEST” SCOTT STEWART SCREEN GEMS Digital Matte Painter – Svengali FX
“BATTLE LOS ANGELES” JONATHAN LIEBESMAN COLUMBIA PICTURES Matte Painter - HyDrauLX ORIGINAL FILM
“GULLIVER’S TRAVELS” ROB LETTERMAN TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Concept/Matte Painter - HyDrauLX
“PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS” CHRIS COLUMBUS TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Concept/Matte Painting - Pixomondo
“TANGLED” NATHAN GRENO WALT DISNEY PICTURES Visual Development BYRON HOWARD WALT DISNEY ANIMATION
“ALL GOOD THINGS” ANDREW JARECKI THE WEINSTEIN COMPANY Concept/Matte Painter – Giant Steps FX
“THIS IS IT” KENNY ORTEGA COLUMBIA PICTURES Concept/Matte Painter MICHAEL JACKSON COMPANY
“THE LAST AIRBENDER” M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN PARAMOUNT PICTURES Illustrator Director: M. Night Shyamalan PD: Phil Messina
“LAND OF THE LOST” BRAD SILBERLING UNIVERSAL PICTURES Matte Painter – Rhythm & Hues RELATIVITY MEDIA
“BOLT” BYRON HOWARD WALT DISNEY PICTURES Visual Development/Matte Paintings CHRIS WILLIAMS WALT DISNEY ANIMATION
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“CHANGELING” CLINT EASTWOOD UNIVERSAL STUDIOS Matte Painter – Pac Title RELATIVITY MEDIA
“I AM LEGEND” FRANCIS LAWRENCE WARNER BROTHERS Matte Painter – Sony Imageworks
“BEOWULF” ROBERT ZEMECKIS PARAMOUNT PICTURES Matte Painter - Sony Imageworks
“THE HILLS HAVE EYES” ALEXANDRE AJA FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES Matte Painter/Concept
“THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA” JOEL SCHUMACHER WARNER BROTHERS Lead Matte Painter – Asylum FX VES Nominations: Best Environment Outstanding Compositing
“THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW” ROLAND EMMERICH TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Matte Painter – Orphanage
“AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS” FRANK CORACI WALT DISNEY PICTURES Matte Painter – Rhythm & Hues WALDEN MEDIA
“PETER PAN” P.J. HOGAN COLUMBIA PICTURES Matte Painter – R!OT PICTURES UNIVERSAL PICTURES
“SCARY MOVIE 3” DAVID ZUCKER DIMENSION FILMS Lead Matte Painter – R!OT PICTURES
“THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY STEPHEN NORRINGTON TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX GENTLEMEN” Senior Matte Painter/Concept – R!OT
“TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE JONATHAN MOSTOW WARNER BROTHERS MACHINES” Matte Painter – R!OT PICTURES
“THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO PETER JACKSON NEW LINE CINEMA TOWERS” Matte Painter – Weta Digital
“THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE PETER JACKSON NEW LINE CINEMA FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING” Matte Painter - Weta Digital
“ROLLERBALL” JOHN MCTIERNAN MGM Matte Painter/Concepts – Vision Art ATLAS ENTERTAINMENT
“FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN” HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI COLUMBIA PICTURES Digital Matte Painter – Square USA MOTONORI SAKAKIBARA
“PEARL HARBOR” MICHAEL BAY TOUCHSTONE PICTURES Digital Matte Painter – Asylum FX JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS
“MOULIN ROUGE!” BAZ LUHRMANN TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX 2D Artist/Matte Paintings – Asylum FX
“HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS” RON HOWARD UNIVERSAL PICTURES Digital Matte Painter – Digital Domain IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT
“O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?” JOEL COEN WORKING TITLE FILMS Digital Matte Painter – Digital Domain ETHAN COEN
“THE BORROWERS” PETER HEWITT WORKING TITLE FILMS Digital Matte Painter
“ALIEN: RESURRECTION” JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX Digital Matte Painter
“SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET” JEAN-JACQUES ANNAUD TRISTAR PICTURES Digital Matte Painter – Magic Camera MANDALAY
“WE’RE BACK! A DINOSAUR’S STORY” PHIL NIBBELINK,SIMON UNIVERSAL PICTURES Storyboards - Amblimation WELLS DICK ZONDAG, AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT RALPH ZONDAG
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“AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES PHIL NIBBELINK UNIVERSAL PICTURES WEST” Airbrush Artist SIMON WELLS AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT
TELEVISION
“LEGION: SEASON 2” NOAH HAWLEY FX NETWORK Concept Illustrator
“VERSAILLES” VARIOUS VISION GLOBALE Matte Painter – 1 Ep
“AND STARRING PANCHO VILLA AS BRUCE BERESFORD HBO FILMS HIMSELF” Digital Matte Painter – Gray Matter FX
“61*” BILLY CRYSTAL HBO FILMS Matte Painter/Concept
“FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON” GARY FLEDER HBO (EP-9/10) Matte Painter/Concept – R!OT DAVID CARSON IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT
THEATRE
“LA BOHEME” BAZ LURHMAN BAZMARK INC. Digital paintings for Scenic Backdrops CATHERINE MARTIN
COMMERCIALS (PARTIAL LIST) Concepts/Matte Paintings/VFX Art Direction HALO/Game Trailer/Animal Logic-LA, “MEGAPHON”/Pixomondo, WRIGLEYS”/MPC “ISHARE”/BARCLEY, “HYUNDAI,” “MERCEDES”-BENZ”:OPERA/RSA,“TARGET”
MUSIC VIDEO - SADE “BY YOUR SIDE”
GAME: “EYE OF RA” Mobicore Studios, Hawaii
SOFTWARE/TECHNICAL SKILLS: Concept Illustrations and Matte Painting: Photoshop Digital Sculpting/Concept Modeling: ZBrush, Key Shot, Sketch-up Pro Matte Painting Camera Projections: Nuke, Maya, Cinema 4D 3D Package/Design/Projections: Maya, Cinema 4D, Compositing/Editing: After Effects/Nuke, FCP X
Affiliations: Art Directors Guild: Local 800, Animation Guild: Local 839, VES Society Languages: French, English Citizenship: French/American citizenship and passports