Paul Ozzimo
Paul Ozzimo  is a concept illustrator and graphic designer who worked under Scott Chambliss on J.J. Abrams' . He illustrated the prop phaser seen in this film.  He also worked as concept illustrator on the sequel . 

This work earned him an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nomination in the category Fantasy Film in  which he shared with shared with Scott Chambliss, Dennis Bradford, Curt Beech, Luke Freeborn, Beat Frutiger, Gary Kosko, Aaron Haye, Keith P. Cunningham, Clint Schultz, Ryan Church, James Clyne, Joseph Hiura, John Eaves, Bruce G. Smith, Karen Manthey, C. Scott Baker, Dawn Brown, Kevin Cross, Andrea Dopaso, Jeff Frost, Scott Herbertson, Anne Porter, Billy Hunter, Harry E. Otto, Andrew Reeder, and Jane Wuu.

Also in 2010, Ozzimo won an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award in the category Fantasy Film for his work on the science fiction film Avatar which he shared with Robert Stromberg, Ryan Church, Todd Cherniawsky, James Clyne, Tex Kadonaga, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Andrew Reeder, Karl J. Martin, Richard F. Mays, Gregory Jein, Daphne Yap, Joseph Hiura, Tammy S. Lee, and Scott Herbertson.

In 2018, he won another ADG Excellence in Production Design Award in the category Contemporary Film for his work on the comic adaptation Logan (starring Patrick Stewart and featuring Rey Gallegos, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Chris Palermo, Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom, Tim Connolly, and Eddie Davenport and executive produced by Stan Lee) which he shared with Luke Freeborn.

Ozzimo has started his career as production assistant in the model shop of the science fiction thrillers The Abyss (1989) and Solar Crisis (1990, working with Pat McClung, Michael Possert, Jr., and Andrew M. Siegel). He then worked as model maker on the science fiction sequel Back to the Future Part III (1990), the comic adaptation The Rocketeer (1991), the sequel Batman Returns (1992), the science fiction comedy Mom and Dad Save the World (1992, starring Terri Garr), the science fiction sequel Alien³ (1992, with Jeffrey Kalmus, John Eaves, and Michael Possert, Jr.), the action thriller Cliffhanger (1993), the video game Tomcat Alley (1994), the comic adaptations Batman Forever (1995) and Batman and Robin (1997), the action thriller Turbulence (1997), the science fiction film Starship Troopers (1997), the action thriller Air Force One (1997), the mystery thriller The X-Files (1998, directed by Rob Bowman), the science fiction film Armageddon (1998), the crime comedy Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998, with Joe Viskocil and Gary Young), the science fiction thriller Mission to Mars (2000), the comic adaptation Spider-Man (2002, starring Kirsten Dunst), and the science fiction sequel Men in Black II (2002). As digital model maker, Ozzimo worked on the science fiction thriller Minority Report (2002), the television series Battlestar Galactica, and the comic adaptation Superman Returns (2006, directed by Bryan Singer).

Among his credits as concept illustrator or character designer are the sequel X2 (2003, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn, and Bruce Davison), the science fiction thriller I, Robot (2004), the action sequel Mission: Impossible III (2006), the science fiction film Transformers (2007) and its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), the action sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), the comic adaptation Watchmen (2009, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matt Frewer, and Stephen McHattie), the fantasy film Alice in Wonderland (2010), the comic adaptations Green Lantern (2011) and The Avengers (2012, starring Chris Hemsworth), the science fiction sequel Men in Black 3 (2012), the science fiction film Ender's Game (2013), the science fiction reboot RoboCop (2014), the science fiction sequel Jurassic World (2015), the comic adaptation Fantastic Four (2015), the science fiction sequel Terminator Genisys (2015), the fantasy sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), the horror comedy I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker (2016), the fantasy sequel Kong: Skull Island (2017), the science fiction film Power Rangers (2017), and the comic adaptations Captain America: Civil War (2016), Spider-man: Homecoming (2017), and Avengers: Infinity War (2018, starring Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, and Idris Elba).

More recent work as illustrator include the science fiction sequel The Predator (2018), the sequel Jumanji: The Next Level (2019, starring Dwayne Johnson), the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019), as Batmobile lead designer on the comic adaptation The Batman (2021), and the science fiction sequels Avatar 2 (2021) and Avatar 3 (2023).

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ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominees
Art department
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