Finnian MacManus

Concept Artist finn@terraformstudios.com

Los Angeles, United States

Summary

Hello! I am a Creative Director and concept artist working in the film and game industries.

I founded Terraform Studios in early 2020, a Concept Art Partnership studio that works in Feature films, AAA Games, and TV. To find out more about us, go here:
https://www.artstation.com/terraformstudios
https://www.terraformstudios.com/

Past credits include the Avatar Sequels, Thor Love and Thunder, Wandavision, Jungle Cruise, Ad Astra, The Lion King, Star Wars: Solo, Star Wars : Rogue One, Pacific Rim 2, Transformers: The Last Knight, God of War(2018), Gears of War 5

My clients have included:

Marvel, Disney, Industrial Light and Magic, Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, EA Games, Apple, Sony Playstation, Microsoft , Volta, Brownbag Films, The Coalition

Teaching and Workshop experience:

Lightbox Expo
Nonstop Barcelona
ICON Manila
MYX TV Philippines
New3dge School Paris, Concept Art
ArtWeekend Switzerland
IAMAG Master Classes Paris
Playgrounds NL
Industry Workshops London
THU (Trojan Horse was a Unicorn)
Brainstorm School (Worldbuilding 3)
Art Center College of Design
Art Institute of Inland Empire
Academy of Art University San Francisco
Creativa Festival Mexico
Oculus Medium Live
CTN Expo Burbank

Skills

Software proficiency

Cinema 4D

Photoshop

Vue

ZBrush

Modo

Keyshot

SketchUp

Octane Render

Productions

- Movie
  Thor Love and Thunder
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Sr Concept Artist
- Company
  Marvel
- Movie
  Avatar 3
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lightstorm / 20th Century Fox
- Movie
  Avatar 2
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lightstorm / 20th Century Fox
- TV Production
  WandaVision
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Sr Concept Artist
- Company
  Marvel
- Movie
  Jungle Cruise
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Senior Concept Artist
- Company
  Disney
- Video Game
  Gears of War 5
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Sr Concept Artist
- Company
  The Coalition
- Movie
  The Lion King
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light & Magic
- Movie
  Ad Astra
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light & Magic
- Movie
  Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light & Magic
- Video Game
  God of War
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Sony Santa Monica
- Movie
  Transformers: The Last Knight
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light & Magic
- TV Production
  Watership Down
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Visual Development Artist
- Company
  Brownbag Films
- Video Game
  Shardbound
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Spiritwalk Games
- Movie
  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light & Magic

Experience

Creative Director, Founder at Terraform Studios
Los Angeles, United States of America
May 2020 - Present
http://terraformstudios.com
Senior Concept Artist at Art Directors Guild IATSE Local 800
Los Angeles CA, United States of America
July 2017 - Present
Senior Concept artist at Marvel
July 2019 - May 2020
Sr Concept Artist at Aspyr
March 2018 - May 2019
Freelance Senior Concept Artist at DICE EA
December 2018 - July 2019
Freelance Senior Concept Artist at DIsney
May 2018 - July 2018
Concept Artist at 20th Century Fox
Los Angeles
April 2017 - April 2018
Concept Artist Avatar 2, Avatar 3
Instructor at Art Center College of Design
Pasadena,CA
January 2018 - May 2018
Instructor at Brainstorm School
Burbank, CA, United States of America
January 2018 - May 2018
Freelance Concept Artist at Paramount Pictures
August 2017 - December 2014
Jr Concept Artist at Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco, United States of America
June 2016 - April 2017
Concept Artist at Microsoft
October 2016 - February 2017
The Coalition through Aquent
Freelance Concept Artist at Brown Bag Films
Afghanistan
January 2016 - March 2016
Visdev for Watership Down Tv series
Freelance Concept Artist at Spiritwalk Games
January 2016 - March 2016
Concept Art for Shardbound game
Freelance Concept Artist at Volta
September 2016 - November 2016
Concept Artist at Sony Santa Monica
Los Angeles, United States of America
May 2015 - December 2015
Freelance Concept Artist / Matte Painter at Anthem Films
Los Angeles, United States of America
January 2014 - April 2014
Nike / Under Armour Commercials