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Ben Milsom is a production designer with over two decades of experience shaping the visual worlds of major international productions. He works at the intersection of architecture, storytelling, and large-scale fabrication — building environments that define how audiences experience narrative space.

His career spans some of the most ambitious productions in contemporary cinema. As Art Director across all three of Peter Jackson's Hobbit films, he helped construct the visual language of Middle-earth at full scale. That work led directly to James Cameron's Avatar franchise, where Ben contributed as Art Director on both Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025).

Beyond the tentpoles, Ben has brought the same rigour to character-driven work — Pearl, M3GAN, and Neill Blomkamp's Oscar-nominated District 9. As Production Designer he now leads the full visual conception of a project, from initial research through to on-set realisation.

2027
  • When Darkness Loves Us
    Feature Post-production
    Production Designer
2026
  • I, Object
    Feature Post-production
    Production Designer
2025
  • Avatar: Fire and Ash
    Feature
    Art Director
    Dir. James Cameron
  • Warren's Vortex
    TV Series 5 episodes
    Production Designer
  • Black Sheeps
    Feature Post-production
    Production Designer
2024
2023
2022
  • M3GAN
    Feature
    Art Director
  • Avatar: The Way of Water
    Feature
    Art Director
    Dir. James Cameron
  • Pearl
    Feature
    Supervising Art Director
    Dir. Ti West
  • SMOG
    Short
    Production Designer
2019
  • Flip
    Short
    Production Designer
2015–2018
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
  • Until Proven Innocent
    TV Movie
    Art Director
  • District 9
    Feature
    Art Director
    Dir. Neill Blomkamp