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 ' (2022) and the upcoming ' (2025). For The Way of Water, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design at the 95th Academy Awards.
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).
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, ' (2009) and ' (2011).
In 2010, Procter served as an art director for '. 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 ', and , 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.