Jeremy Bennett is art director and conceptual artist for Valve from 2006.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Work for the Half-Life and Portal series 2.1 Portal 2.1.1 Gallery 2.2 Half-Life 2: Episode Two 2.2.1 Gallery 2.3 Half-Life 2: Episode Three 2.3.1 Gallery 2.4 Portal 2 2.4.1 Gallery 3 Complete gameography 4 References 5 External links

BiographyEdit

Bennett is originally from Weta where he has been the Conceptual Designer for King Kong, the Visual Effects Art Director for The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Conceptual Artist for The Water Horse.^[2][3]

Bennett was awarded the Visual Effects Societies award for "Best Art Direction in a Motion Picture" for The Two Towers along with Alan Lee, Christian Rivers and Gino Acevedo.^[2]

For the Half-Life series, Bennett created concept art for Portal, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Half-Life 2: Episode Three, one of them with Ted Backman and Tristan Reidford. Two of his Episode Two and Episode Three works were selected for the 2007 and 2008 Into the Pixel Collections.

He also made art for a story titled "The Perfect Wave", by his co-worker Marc Laidlaw.^[4]

He designed most of the Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2 areas.

Work for the Half-Life and Portal seriesEdit

PortalEdit

• The Aperture Science Enrichment Center
• GLaDOS

GalleryEdit

Half-Life 2: Episode TwoEdit

• The Outlands
• The destroyed Citadel as seen from the Outlands
• The Victory Mine
• White Forest
• The Borealis

GalleryEdit

Half-Life 2: Episode ThreeEdit

• The Borealis

GalleryEdit

Portal 2Edit

• The Aperture Science Enrichment Center
• The Aperture Science Extended Relaxation Center
• The Enrichment Shafts

GalleryEdit

Complete gameographyEdit

• Portal (2007)
• Half-Life 2: Episode Two (2007)
• Left 4 Dead (2008)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (2009)
• Alien Swarm (2010)
• Portal 2 (2011)

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Jeremy Bennett at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeremy Bennett on MobyGames
• Lose the Thumb: Creating Left 4 Dead's Box Art - April 9, 2009 by Jeremy Bennett

Real world subjects
Half-Life game series		Half-Life: Day One · Half-Life · Half-Life: Opposing Force · Half-Life: Blue Shift · Half-Life: Decay · Half-Life: Source Half-Life 2 · Half-Life 2: Episode One · Half-Life 2: Episode Two · Half-Life 2: Episode Three
Portal game series		Portal: First Slice · Portal · Portal: Still Alive · Portal 2 · Peer Review
Technology demos		Directed Design Experiments · Get Your Free TVs! · Half-Life 2: Lost Coast · Source Particle Benchmark · Zentraedi Tactical Battle Pod
Cut content		Prospero · Half-Life Alpha · Half-Life: Uplink · Half-Life 2 Beta · Half-Life 2: Episode Four
Other official games		Deathmatch Classic · Half-Life Deathmatch: Source · Half-Life 2: Deathmatch · Half-Life 2: Survivor
Compilations (to be completed)		Half-Life: Further Data · Half-Life: Generation · Half-Life: Initial Encounter · The Orange Box
ARGs		Portal ARG · PotatoFoolsDay ARG
Related third-party games		Codename: Gordon · Mods · Narbacular Drop · Tag: The Power of Paint
Game soundtracks		Half-Life soundtrack · Half-Life: Opposing Force soundtrack · Half-Life: Blue Shift soundtrack · Half-Life 2 soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode One soundtrack · Half-Life 2: Episode Two soundtrack · Portal soundtrack · Portal 2 soundtrack
Songs		"Exile Vilify" · "Cara Mia (Turret Opera)" · "Still Alive" · "Want You Gone"
Game engines		GoldSrc · Source
Other softwares		Half-Life SDK · Source SDK · Valve Hammer Editor
Game developer companies		Gearbox Software · Valve Corporation
Production staff (writers)		Matthew Armstrong · Stephen Bahl · Chet Faliszek · Rob Heironimus · Brian Hess · Kristy Junio · Ted Kosmatka · Marc Laidlaw · David Mertz · Jay Pinkerton · Randy Pitchford · Erik Wolpaw
Production staff (composers)		Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jonathan Coulton · Ben Houge · Chris Jensen · Mike Morasky · The National
Production staff (artists)		Viktor Antonov · Ted Backman · Stephen Bahl · Kelly Bailey · Jeremy Bennett · Laura Dubuk · Dhabih Eng · Moby Francke · Chuck Jones · Eric Kirchmer · Scott Klintworth · Karen Laur · Realm Lovejoy · Randy Lundeen · Yatsze Mark · Tri Nguyen · Michael Avon Oeming · Tristan Reidford · Andrea Wicklund
Production staff (other)		Aaron Barber · Jeep Barnett · Ken Birdwell · John Guthrie · Mike Harrington · Damarcus Holbrook · Brett Johnson · Doug Lombardi · Gabe Newell · Randy Pitchford · Dave Riller · David Speyrer · Jay Stelly · Kim Swift · Douglas R. Wood · Bill Van Buren
Voice actors		John Aylward · Dee Bradley Baker · Adam Baldwin · Robert Culp · Merle Dandridge · Michelle Forbes · Jim French · Louis Gossett Jr. · Robert Guillaume · Mary Kae Irvin · Kathy Levin · John Patrick Lowrie · Ellen McLain · Stephen Merchant · Joe Romersa · Lani Minella · Nolan North · Mike Patton · Harry S. Robins · Michael Shapiro · J.K. Simmons · Jon St. John · Tony Todd
Character models		Ted Backman · Kelly Bailey · Alésia Glidewell · Eric Kirchmer · Jamil Mullen
Other		ApertureScience.com · Canon · Developer commentary · Development of Half-Life 2 · The Final Hours of Portal 2 · Half-Life High Definition Pack · Half-Life Preliminary Findings · Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar · Half-Life: Uplink (film) · Mr. Valve · The Orange Box Achievements · Portal 2 Achievements and Trophies · Portal 2: Lab Rat · Retcons · Science Collaboration Points · Squad Following