Damien is an Australian Production Designer and Art Director for feature films, commercials, and television. His Art Direction credits include Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Niki Caro’s live-action Mulan, Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant, The Great Gatsby, Superman Returns, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones and Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, and The Wachowskis’ Sense8.
His accolades include a U.S. Art Directors Guild Award for The Great Gatsby, alongside Production Designer Catherine Martin and Associate Production Designer Karen Murphy. The film received two Academy Awards and two BAFTAs for Costume and Production Design, respectively. Most recently, Elvis was Oscar and BAFTA-nominated for Best Production Design. Damien has also received three U.S. Art Directors Guild nominations for Best Production Design for Elvis, Mulan, and Superman Returns, an AACTA nomination for Tomorrow, When the War Began, and an APDG Craft Award for his work as Art Director on Alien: Covenant.
In the commercial arena, Damien has collaborated with award-winning directors including Aaron Stoller, Glue Society, Simon McQuoid, Fiona McGee, Tom Kunst, Andreas Nilsson, KingShe, Matt Devine, Husein Alicajic, Justin Kurzel, Steve Rogers, Nick Ball, Patrick Hughes, Scott Pickett, Gary Freedman, Jeff Darling, Frank Miller, Scott Otto Anderson, and Nick Robertson.
He was recognized with an APDG nomination for Best Production Design on Frank Miller’s Gucci Guilty commercial starring Chris Evans and Evan Rachel Wood. He was also awarded the 2023 and 2024 APDG Awards for Best Production Design for a Commercial for Glue Society’s ALPRO ‘Earth Day’ TVC and KingShe’s ‘eBay – Everyone Has a Thing’.
Damien holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture and is passionate about placemaking and the built environment. He takes pride in his craft through meticulous attention to detail and a keen focus on the relationship between Production Design, storytelling, and character.
He is currently shooting Sam Raimi’s survival thriller ‘Send Help’ in Australia and Thailand.
Damien is represented for feature film globally by Sylvee Legge at The Gersh Agency, contact here
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