Adam Wheatley
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Adam is process-driven and solution-focused, with extensive experience in the design and budgeting of large complex sets in studio, on location, and animated.
Solid track record in delivering projects on brief, on time and to budget, while directing up to 1000 crew across multiple locations.
Adam has a deep understanding of the physical, technological and creative requirements for integration of VFX across virtual and real worlds.
Certified in Virtual Production - Perforce Software Inc.
Highly proficient in Unreal Engine - including developing customized pipelines - and supervising a global team of modelers, Unreal generalists, CFX and lighting specialists, and animators
Plus: Blender; Rhino3D; Perforce; Photoshop; ShotGrid; Excel
Excellent illustration and concept visualising skills
Conceptual action vehicles - from design to fully operational, medieval to sci fi
EDUCATION
Master's Degree, Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Certificate in Production Design, National Institute Dramatic Arts [NIDA] Sydney
Bachelor's Degree, Fine Art & Design, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney
FILMOGRAPHY
2020-2022
Production Designer, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2, Ep's 6,7,8. HBO Max.
Supervising Art Director, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2
Supervising Art Director, ROBIN HOOD, BRON DIGITAL. Unreal Engine animated series.
Supervising Art Director, GOSSAMER, BRON DIGITAL. Unreal Engine animated series.
Production Designer, WELLINGTON PARANORMAL Season 3. Series Originators: Taika Waititi & Jermaine Clement
Production Designer, A SOCIAL DILEMMA, Exposure Labs. Doco Feature. Premiered Sundance 2020. Nominated best documentary BAFTA 2021. Seven 2021 Emmy nominations
2016 - 2020
Supervising Art Director, SWEET TOOTH, Hulu/Warner Bros/Downey Jnr. TV Pilot. Supervising Art Director, THE LETTER FOR THE KING, Netflix. Three 2021 Emmy nominations Supervising Art Director, PROJECT X- TRACTION, $US80M Jackie Chan movie. Production Designer, STEEL TOWN, Chuan Films, Beijing. $US50M science fiction feature on hiatus Supervising Art Director, I AM MOTHER, South Australian Film Corp. Science fiction. Supervising Art Director, PACIFIC RIM 2: MAELSTROM, Legendary Films. Co- production Designer, Supervising Art Director, ASURA, $US150m fantasy film directed by Zhang Peng. Art Director, COWBOY BEBOP, Netflix.
2010 - 2015
The Great Wall (Art Director) The Shallows (Assistant Art Director) San Andreas (Head of Sculpting) Mad Max: Fury Road (Concept vehicles + battle trucks design, construction & sculpting) Wolverine (Steel construction) The Hobbit (Sculpting) Superman Returns (Props and animatronics) King Kong (Sculpting) Narnia - The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe (Special props) Stealth (Props, engineering & animatronics) Star Wars 3 - Revenge of the Sith (Construction steel)
Adam is an exhibiting artist. His work has been in galleries across Australia and New Zealand and is contributing to Hero Complex Galleries in Los Angeles.
Solid track record in delivering projects on brief, on time and to budget, while directing up to 1000 crew across multiple locations.
Adam has a deep understanding of the physical, technological and creative requirements for integration of VFX across virtual and real worlds.
Certified in Virtual Production - Perforce Software Inc.
Highly proficient in Unreal Engine - including developing customized pipelines - and supervising a global team of modelers, Unreal generalists, CFX and lighting specialists, and animators
Plus: Blender; Rhino3D; Perforce; Photoshop; ShotGrid; Excel
Excellent illustration and concept visualising skills
Conceptual action vehicles - from design to fully operational, medieval to sci fi
EDUCATION
Master's Degree, Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Certificate in Production Design, National Institute Dramatic Arts [NIDA] Sydney
Bachelor's Degree, Fine Art & Design, COFA, University of New South Wales, Sydney
FILMOGRAPHY
2020-2022
Production Designer, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2, Ep's 6,7,8. HBO Max.
Supervising Art Director, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH Season 2
Supervising Art Director, ROBIN HOOD, BRON DIGITAL. Unreal Engine animated series.
Supervising Art Director, GOSSAMER, BRON DIGITAL. Unreal Engine animated series.
Production Designer, WELLINGTON PARANORMAL Season 3. Series Originators: Taika Waititi & Jermaine Clement
Production Designer, A SOCIAL DILEMMA, Exposure Labs. Doco Feature. Premiered Sundance 2020. Nominated best documentary BAFTA 2021. Seven 2021 Emmy nominations
2016 - 2020
Supervising Art Director, SWEET TOOTH, Hulu/Warner Bros/Downey Jnr. TV Pilot. Supervising Art Director, THE LETTER FOR THE KING, Netflix. Three 2021 Emmy nominations Supervising Art Director, PROJECT X- TRACTION, $US80M Jackie Chan movie. Production Designer, STEEL TOWN, Chuan Films, Beijing. $US50M science fiction feature on hiatus Supervising Art Director, I AM MOTHER, South Australian Film Corp. Science fiction. Supervising Art Director, PACIFIC RIM 2: MAELSTROM, Legendary Films. Co- production Designer, Supervising Art Director, ASURA, $US150m fantasy film directed by Zhang Peng. Art Director, COWBOY BEBOP, Netflix.
2010 - 2015
The Great Wall (Art Director) The Shallows (Assistant Art Director) San Andreas (Head of Sculpting) Mad Max: Fury Road (Concept vehicles + battle trucks design, construction & sculpting) Wolverine (Steel construction) The Hobbit (Sculpting) Superman Returns (Props and animatronics) King Kong (Sculpting) Narnia - The Lion Witch and the Wardrobe (Special props) Stealth (Props, engineering & animatronics) Star Wars 3 - Revenge of the Sith (Construction steel)
Adam is an exhibiting artist. His work has been in galleries across Australia and New Zealand and is contributing to Hero Complex Galleries in Los Angeles.
