Richard Bennett Richard James Bennett Lamas is a former comic book artist and current freelance film concept and storyboard artist from Montevideo , Uruguay . He worked on the " Star Trek " comic book crossover title , " " for WildStorm Comics . In , Bennett worked as Storyboard Artist on J . J . Abrams ' reboot . According to the IMDb , he is currently working as Storyboard Artist on the sequel , helmed by Justin Lin . Bennett broke into the comic book industry in 1990 , penciling and inking the " Cyberrad " series for Continuity Comics . Not long after , he began freelancing for Marvel Comics on various " X - Men " titles and then had a brief stint at Image Comics before joining WildStorm Comics in the mid - 1990s , where he worked on a wide variety of titles . In 1993 , Bennett joined HBO where , before departing in 1997 , he did background and character design work for the first season of Todd McFarlane ' s animated " Spawn " series . From 1998 through 2003 , Bennett attended the Art Center College of Design in Padadena , California , graduating with a BFA in Illustration . He also studied in Film Transportation and Product Design . While attending college , Bennett continued providing artwork for a number of comics , video games , and films . He did keyframe sketches for the 2002 HBO movie " Live from Baghdad " ( starring Bruce McGill ) and worked on designs for the character of " Happy " for the 2003 independent film " Northfork " . Since then , Bennett has been a storyboard and conceptual artist on such films as the science fiction film " AVP : Alien vs . Predator " ( 2004 ) and its sequel " AVPR : Alien vs . Predator : Requiem " ( 2007 ) , the fantasy film " 300 " ( 2006 ) , the crime drama " Zodiac " ( 2007 ) , the comic sequel " 4 : Rise of the Silver Surfer " ( 2007 , with Zach Grenier and produced by Ralph Winter and Stan Lee ) , and the drama " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " ( 2008 , with Donna DuPlantier , Earl Maddox , Robert Towers , and Spencer Daniels ) for which he won an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award in the category Period Film , shared with " Trek " alumni Aaron Haye , Lorrie Campbell , Tammy S . Lee , Jane Wuu , and Christopher S . Ross . He received two more ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations in 2010 for his work on the biopic " The Social Network " , shared with Curt Beech , Keith P . Cunningham , Aaron Haye , Randall D . Wilkins , and Jane Wuu , and in 2014 for the science fiction film " Oblivion " , shared with Joseph Hiura , Jeff Markwith , Gregory Jein , and Jim Martin . Further projects he created concept and storyboard art for include the CBS television series " Numb3rs " ( 2009 ) , the science fiction sequel " TRON : Legacy " ( 2010 , with Jeffrey Nordling , Kofi Yiadom , and Aaron Toney ) , the science fiction film " Battle Los Angeles " ( 2011 ) , the horror film " The Thing " ( 2011 ) , the action sequel " Mission : Impossible – Ghost Protocol " ( 2011 , with Simon Pegg and Sabrina Morris and produced by J . J . Abrams ) , the science fiction film " Battleship " ( 2012 ) , the comic adaptation " The Avengers " ( 2012 , with Chris Hemsworth , Jeff Wolfe , Kenneth Tigar , Jamie McShane , Damion Poitier , and Stan Lee ) , the action thriller " Escape Plan " ( 2013 ) , the fantasy film " 47 Ronin " ( 2013 ) , the sequel " Captain America : The Winter Soldier " ( 2014 , with Stan Lee , Alan Dale , Zack Duhame , Pat Healy , Steven Culp , Cullen Chambers , and Darryl Stewart ) , and the fantasy remake " Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " ( 2014 ) . More recently , Bennett worked on ' s science fiction film " Tomorrowland " ( 2015 , written and produced by Damon Lindelof , produced by Jeffrey Chernov , music by Michael Giacchino , and production design by Scott Chambliss ) , the fantasy adventure " Gods of Egypt " ( 2016 ) , the thriller " Valencia " ( 2016 , produced by J . J . Abrams , production design by Ramsey Avery , and makeup by Teressa Hill ) , and the drama " Flying Horse " ( 2016 , starring Benedict Cumberbatch ) .