---
name: "Ben Procter"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-procter"
fi1m_id: "ben-procter"
imdb_id: "nm1929546"
tmdb_id: 1289015
wikidata_id: "Q116978158"
roles: ["Art direction"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 51
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T13:07:03.998487+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Procter

## Identity

Ben Procter

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-procter
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-procter
- **IMDb ID:** nm1929546
- **TMDB ID:** 1289015
- **Wikidata ID:** Q116978158
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Procter_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116978158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1929546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289015

Art direction. Born 1 January 1973 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, New York City
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Ben Proctor
- **Frequently works with:** [Amanda Silver](https://film.one/person/amanda-silver.md), [James Cameron](https://film.one/person/james-cameron.md), [Jon Landau](https://film.one/person/jon-landau.md), [Rick Jaffa](https://film.one/person/rick-jaffa.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md), [Sigourney Weaver](https://film.one/person/sigourney-weaver.md), [Stephen Lang](https://film.one/person/stephen-lang.md), [Zoe Saldaña](https://film.one/person/zoe-saldana.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 34 (1), 2010s 48 (3), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 51 to 50 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 6, Science Fiction 6, Action 5, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7,296m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Procter_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116978158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1929546/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1289015

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avatar: The Way of Water*](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md) (68), [*Avatar: Fire and Ash*](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Procter is an American production designer, art director and concept artist. He graduated with a degree in fine arts from the University of California, Los Angeles.

He began working in the film industry in the early 2000s, with early credits including concept artist on *Superman Returns* (2006) and illustrator on *Transformers* (2007). He served as art director on *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), *TRON: Legacy* (2010), *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011) and *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), and as production designer on *Ender's Game* (2013).

Procter has collaborated extensively with director James Cameron on the *Avatar* series. He worked as concept art director on the first film (2009) and as co-production designer with Dylan Cole on *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022) and *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), focusing on human technology and hard-surface assets. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Production Design for *Avatar: The Way of Water*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Fi1m 38, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), Fi1m 46, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), Fi1m 34, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), as Art Direction — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *Ender's Game* (2013), Production Design
- *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), as Art Direction — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-dark-of-the-moon.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009), as Art Direction — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Avatar: The Way of Water*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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