At 48, Harald Belker has been involved in the design field for roughly 20 years. “I started dreaming about car design pretty late. I was about 26 and finished a degree in engineering before I even heard of the Art Center College of Design”, he admits. “But once I saw what they did, I was pretty sure that this would be my future as well.”

After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, Belker fell into the dream design job of designing cars for Porsche. From Porsche, Belker then moved to another iconic automotive company at Mercedes Benz in California where he worked on the Mercedes Smart Car as well as the ‘S’ and ‘M’ class models.

With his switch to the entertainment industry he quickly became a household name. Still adding to his credit, he started out with the Batmobile for the Warner Bros. Batman and Robin film, and the futuristic cars of Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report including the sporty red Lexus. Other movie credits include vehicle design for Armageddon, Inspector Gadget, Fahrenheit 451 and Cat in the Hat, Triple X series, concept designs for Spider-Man 1 and 3 and Iron-man 1 and 2, and many more.

What time he has left, he spends with his family and enjoys seeing his daughter growing up and whenever there is time and wind, he can be found kitesurfing somewhere along the southern California coastline.