Robot SPACELand
Vivid Sydney 2019Creative Director / Technical Designer| $350K
20-metre robotic sculpture. 39-tonne barge. Over 1km of addressable LED. A 9-minute space opera for 2.4 million visitors.
RAGEBOT Build
Sydney, Australia
HURRICANE
BESTMAN
Creative Technical Director
Large-Scale Immersive Environments
Portfolio
Film & Festival Reels
Defqon.1 Australia
2017Creative Director| $1M/yr
Seven stages for 30,000 fans. Fire, lasers, and 25-metre stage titans.
Burning Man Dragonfly
2024Design Engineer| $300K
10-metre dragonfly art car. 777 unique laser-cut parts. 111 metres of addressable LED.
Babylon Fest — Jaguar Stage
2019Designer / Fabricator
10-metre upcycled Jaguar with Carl Cox in its jaws. Lasers, 222 parts.
Prawn Run
Lake Illawarra 2020Designer / Fabricator| $45K
Permanent public sculpture. Five aluminium prawns and a full moon. Government-commissioned for 25+ year durability.
RECONNECTION
Penrith 2020Designer / Fabricator| $15K
9m x 7m x 5m fully projection-mapped spaceship with interactive Instagram-based graphics.
Let Them Eat Cake
2024Stage Designer
Festival stage design for one of Australia's premier electronic music events.
Rainbow Flamethrowers
Engineer / Fabricator
Engineering 20-metre fire dragons with rainbow flame effects.
Film & Broadcast
Spaceballs 2
2025
Apex
Netflix
2025
The Fall Guy
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
2021
Mortal Kombat
2019
Star Wars
2003
Twenty Years Building the Impossible
From making lightsabers for Star Wars to building 20-metre robots for Vivid Sydney. From Broadway stages at Showman Fabricators NYC to festival architecture for 30,000 people. Work that's lived at the Guggenheim, Times Square, Rockefeller Centre, and The White House.
Hurricane Bestman turns ambitious creative concepts into reliable, buildable environments — combining design leadership with deep knowledge of fabrication, installation logistics, and media integration.
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Available for international projects in themed entertainment, festivals, film production, and public art.
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