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Marc Gabbana

Freelance Concept Artist

Marc is a veteran designer and artist with over 20 years of experience across film, advertising, games, and publishing. He studied architecture at Lawrence Institute of Technology before graduating from Center for Creative Studies in Detroit in 1990.


Over the course of his career, Marc has collaborated with visionary filmmakers including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, The Wachowskis, and Robert Zemeckis. His film credits include Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, The Polar Express, War of the Worlds, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hellboy, and IMAX’s first all-CG 3D film, Cyberworld, where he served as Production Designer. His later credits include Beowulf, Monster House, and A Christmas Carol, as well as games such as BioShock 2 and Iron Man 2.


Marc continues to work across traditional and digital media, specializing in architectural, vehicle, creature, character, and environment design, with a passion for bringing imaginative creatures and worlds to life.

  • I first met Marc at the Skywalker ranch; he had just finished work on George Lucas' Episode Two. Looking at Marc's drawing skill, technique and enthusiasm for image creation, I had no doubt he would continue on an ascending professional career. He later stopped by house, where I had more time to appreciate his creative skill. Now, years later I have the opportunity to reiterate my original assessment: Marc has an ongoing bright future as a premiere creative talent.

    - Syd Mead
    Concept Artist

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