Patrick Hanenberger began his vocation in design at young age drawing caricatures of his teachers and building vehicles and environments for his action figures. After several internships in advertising and production companies in Europe and an education as an Industrial Designer at the University of Michigan he realized that his true passion is to work in film. Hence he moved to Los Angeles to study Entertainment Design at the Art Center College of Design. During that time Patrick interned at Pixar Animation Studios, which set his path to work as a designer in feature animation.
After graduating and freelancing for a year Patrick joined Dreamworks in 2004.
Patrick recently completed work as a Visual Development artist on the studio's comedies "Over the Hedge" and "Bee Movie" and “Monsters vs Aliens”. After
MVA Patrick art directed the TV production “Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space”
and is now working as Production Designer on “Rise of the Guardians”.
Prior to joining Dream Works Patrick worked as a concept artist in Los
Angeles for several clients including, Rhythm and Hues, Lego Concept Lab
and Hot Wheels as well as a Storyboard artist for various commercial projects.
Patrick was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany, where he left in 1997 to study and work in the United States.
In 2007 Patrick launched PATRICKHANENBERGER.COM with ambition to expand into new fields of art and design all around the world. He currently also teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and recently taught a workshop at the renown “KONSTFACK” University in Stockholm/ Sweden.
PATRICKHANENBERGER.COM is based in Los Angeles, California.
