Ryan J Close

Design Director with over 20 years of experience in a wide range of digital mediums.

My work has been featured in a multitude of high profile films and events during my career, 3D animation for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony, full LED building projection for the Shanghai 2010 World Expo, interactive kiosk design for the Nike store in Sydney, user interface graphics and VFX for feature films such as Tron Ares (2025), Prometheus (2012), Ghost In The Shell, (2017) Spiderman: Far From Home (2019) and more recently art direction and innovation for the HUMMER EV vehicle interior interfaces.

My career started in Melbourne (Australia) working for traditional Ad agencies developing and creating interactive installations for clients such as MINI, SCION, and ACURA. This continued in a move to Sydney where he created motion graphics for FIFA, the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, and working onsite in Shanghai (China) for the Shanghai World Expo 2010.

Moving to London (United Kingdom), I worked for many small and large agencies providing art direction design and animation for the BBC, World Economic Forum, and National Geographic, then moving into feature films with VFX for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Pacific Rim (2017), and Detective Pikachu (2019) to name a few.

Currently residing in New York City, (USA) I continue my work in TV and feature films, with recent films: Black Panther II - Wakanda Forever, (2023) Dr Strange and the multiverse of madness, (2022), Paramount’s Secret Headquarters, (2022) as well as ongoing Interface design and innovation for Ford and General Motors vehicle interfaces.