Sean Hargreaves

Sean Hargreaves is an illustrator, concept artist, production designer and special effects artist who worked as Visual Effects Art Director and Senior Concept Designer on . More recently, Hargreaves was contracted by CBS Studios for the second season of as senior concept designer, working under the aegis of Production Designer Dave Blass, the then newly appointed head of the production design department.
He previously worked as Production Designer and Concept Designer for Industrial Light & Magic (1998-2001) and Digital Domain (2006-2008) and as Matte Painter for Rhythm & Hues in 2011.
== Early life and career ==
Hargreaves was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England and moved to the United States in 1978 where he attended the Sam Houston State University and the University of Houston. In 1989 he received a Bachelor in science from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. At the age of eighteen, Hargreaves started to work in Visual Engineering in Dallas, Texas where he worked as concept illustrator and designer for prototypes for Texas Instruments and IBM. Following his graduation from the Art Center of Design, he worked two years for General Motors in Newbury Park, California.
Through a friend he made his first steps in the entertainment industry working as a storyboard artist for commercials. His first feature film assignment as illustrator was (1992, starring Tony Todd and Virginia Madsen).
Further work as illustrator include (1994), (1995), (1995), (1995, costume design by Michael Kaplan), (1995), and (1996).
== Later career ==
In 1992, Hargreaves was hired to work as designer for sets, props, and costumes for a feature film in Paris, France along with fantasy designer Jean Moebius Giraud. The film was finally released in 1997, , directed by . Also in 1997, he worked as assistant art director on , art direction by Lauren E. Polizzi.
Further filmwork as illustrator and/or concept artist include (1997, based on the comic book by Todd McFarlane), (1997), (1997), (1998), (1999), and (2000).
Also in the 1990s, Hargreaves worked as illustrator for the music video "Scream" and as art director on the music video "Perfect Drug". In 1998, he was hired for three years by ILM and worked as production designer on a number of First Union Bank commercials, directed by Steve Beck. Beck brought Hargreaves back aboard this time as production designer for his (2001). The film starred F. Murray Abraham and had art direction by Don Macaulay.
Four years later, Hargreaves again worked as production designer, this time for . The film was cast and executive produced by Amanda Mackey Johnson. He also worked as concept illustrator on (2002, starring Rebecca Romijn, with Lucia Rijker), the animated film Innocence (2004), (2006, with Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, and Donna Murphy), (2013, with Robert Knepper and Derek Mears and casting by Alyssa Weisberg).
In 2006 and 2009, Hargreaves received three ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations for his work on commercials for UPS, AARP, and Chevy. In 2011, he published his first book, "Places", depicting his personal designs.
His work as matte painter was part of (2012, with fellow matte painter Matthew Gilson) and (2012).
== Recent work ==
Hargreaves also worked as concept artist and matte painter on (2014, with Scott Lawrence and music by Brian Tyler). As concept artist, he also worked on (2014, art direction by Andrew Li) and as matte painter on (2014).
In 2015, he received an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award from the Art Directors Guild in the category Short Format – Web Series, Music Video or Commercial for his work on the Apple commercial "Perspective".
== External links ==
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* – official blog
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