List of ArtCenter College of Design people

This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the ArtCenter College of Design , a private design college in Pasadena, California, United States.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Alumni

Entertainment Design

• Ryan Church, concept designer
• Kendal Cronkhite, production designer
• Bob Gurr, amusement ride designer
• Ralph McQuarrie, conceptual designer and futurist ( Star Wars )
• Syd Mead, concept designer, futurist
• Neville Page, Emmy Award-winning creature and concept designer
• Andy Park, Visual Development designer Marvel Studios
• Richard Vander Wende, concept and video game designer ( Riven )

Film and Graduate Film

• Viktor Antonov, concept designer, art director ( Half-Life 2 , Renaissance )
• Jon Jon Augustavo, music video and film director
• Roger Avary, film director and Academy Award-winning co-writer of Pulp Fiction ^[1]
• Michael Bay, film director and producer
• Don Burgess, cinematographer
• Ericson Core
• Wayne Fitzgerald, title sequence designer
• Larry Fong, cinematographer
• Dennis Gassner, Academy Award-winning production designer often working with directors Sam Mendes and the Coen Brothers
• Dave Goelz, puppeteer
• Shelly Johnson, cinematographer ( Jurassic Park III )
• Saman Kesh, director of film and music videos
• Kevin Mack, Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor
• Robert A. Nakamura, film director, co-founder of Visual Communications, teacher
• John Pomeroy, animator
• Alex Ranarivelo, film director
• Brooke Roberts, director
• Matthew Rolston, photographer and director
• Dan Santat, author, illustrator, creator of Disney's The Replacements
• Tarsem Singh, film director
• Zack Snyder, film director and writer
• Jefferson Stein, film director
• Bruce Surtees, cinematographer
• Mark Whiting, writer and director; production designer with Warner Bros., The Iron Giant ^[2]

Fine Art and Graduate Art

• Doug Aitken, multimedia artist
• Lynn Aldrich, sculptor
• Edgar Arceneaux, artist
• Carol Bennett, painter and glass artist
• Clayton Brothers, painter
• Lawrence Carroll, painter
• Tom Christopher, painter
• Lindsay Dawson, painter
• Eyvind Earle, fine art painter
• Hedi El Kholti, fine artist, writer and editor
• James Gurney, illustrator and painter
• Frank Hagel, painter and sculptor
• Emilie Halpern, multimedia artist
• Thomas Kinkade, painter of light
• Melissa Kretschmer, contemporary artist
• Sharon Lockhart, contemporary artist
• Richard MacDonald, sculptor
• Patrick Martinez, multimedia artist
• Rebeca Méndez, multimedia artist
• Craig Mullins, concept artist and painter
• Jorge Pardo, contemporary artist
• Bob Peak, illustrator
• Sterling Ruby, artist
• Mark Ryden, fine art painter
• Stan Sakai, comic book artist
• Kevin A. Short, fine art painter
• Ken Shutt, sculptor
• Gordon Smedt, Pop Art painter ^[3]
• Jennifer Steinkamp, installation artist
• Hiroshi Sugimoto, fine art photographer and architect
• Mark Tansey, artist and painter
• Diana Thater, artist
• Shirley Tse, artist
• Richard Wagener, fine press printer, publisher, engraver
• Nina Waisman, new media artist, sculpture, sound, architecture, and performance ^[4]
• Casey Weldon, painter
• Jack Wemp, fine art painter
• Jennifer West, fine artist using digitized film
• Pae White, fine art painter
• Charles Wysocki, painter

Graphic Design

• Stefan G. Bucher, graphic designer
• John Casado, graphic designer and photographer
• Louis Danziger, graphic designer
• Jesse Genet, graphic designer and businessperson
• Joe Hahn, DJ for Linkin Park
• Kit Hinrichs, graphic designer
• Lee Ji-ah, actress and screenwriter
• Teddy Lo, Hong Kong-based LED artist
• Alvin Lustig, graphic designer ^[5]
• Rebeca Mendez, graphic designer
• Clement Mok, graphic designer
• Mike Shinoda, MC and multi-instrumentalist for Linkin Park
• Yu Tsai, fashion photographer
• John Van Hamersveld, graphic designer known for iconic The Endless Summer poster

Illustration

• Peter Brown, illustrator
• Justin Bua, illustrator and art teacher at the University of Southern California
• Marc Burckhardt, illustrator
• Ricardo Delgado, comic book artist
• Marla Frazee, illustrator
• Grace Lynne Haynes, illustrator
• Philip Hays, illustrator
• Gerard Huerta, illustrator
• Bob Jones, illustrator
• Rafael López, illustrator and artist
• Richard MacDonald, figurative sculptor
• Matt Mahurin, illustrator, photographer and film director
• Mick McGinty, illustrator, fine artist
• Tara McPherson, illustrator, fine artist
• Floyd Norman, animator ^[6]
• John Parra, illustrator
• LeUyen Pham, illustrator
• Robert Quackenbush, illustrator
• Walter Rane, illustrator and painter ^[7]
• Marc Remus, illustrator
• Dan Santat, illustrator
• Alex Schaefer, painter and activist ^[8]
• Lane Smith, illustrator
• Barron Storey, illustrator
• Drew Struzan, illustrator
• Ray Turner, painter
• Michael Whelan, artist of imaginative realism

Photography and Imaging

• Fred R. Archer
• Sid Avery, Hollywood photographer
• Andrew D. Bernstein, official photographer of the NBA
• Mauren Brodbeck, Swiss artist
• Howell Conant, fashion photographer associated with Grace Kelly
• Barbara DuMetz, photographer
• Lee Friedlander, photographer
• Ron Galella, paparazzo photographer
• Fred Lyon (1924–2022), photographer, attended but did not graduate
• Norman Mauskopf
• Melodie McDaniel
• Dewey Nicks, fashion photographer
• Greg Preston
• Marcia Reed, movie stills photographer
• Co Rentmeester
• Matthew Rolston
• Suza Scalora
• Hiroshi Sugimoto, fine artist, photographer and architect
• Charlie White
• Penny Wolin
• Russel Wong

Product Design

• Yves Béhar, founder of fuseproject
• Lauri Carleton, designer
• Kenji Ekuan, industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle ^[9]
• Frank Nuovo, Chief of Design at Nokia
• Satyendra Pakhale, designer

Spatial Experience Design and Graduate Spatial Experience Design (formerly Environmental Design)

• Ini Archibong, artist and designer
• Bruce Burdick, designer
• Nolen Niu, industrial designer ^[10]

Transportation Design

• Chris Bangle, former chief of design at BMW ^[11]
• Harald Belker, automobile designer, designed vehicles for Batman & Robin and Minority Report ^[12]
• Gordon Buehrig, automobile designer
• Jason Castriota, automobile designer
• Wayne Cherry, former vice president of global design at General Motors
• Dilip Chhabria, Indian automotive designer
• Michelle Christensen, automobile designer, best known as lead designer of the second generation Acura NSX
• John Chun, automotive designer ^[13]
• Willie G. Davidson, vice president of styling at Harley-Davidson
• Peter Barrett Davis, automotive designer
• Luc Donckerwolke, automotive designer
• Henrik Fisker, automotive designer
• Chip Foose, automotive designer
• Miguel Angel Galluzzi, chief designer of Piaggio Group, designer of the Ducati Monster
• Greg M. Greeson, automotive designer with Opel, VW, IAD, GRIDdesign
• Jon Ikeda, automobile designer, vice president and brand officer of Acura
• Derek Jenkins, automobile designer, vice president of design of Lucid Motors
• Richard Kim, automotive designer
• Emeline King, automotive designer at Ford Motor Company ^[14]
• SangYup Lee, automotive designer
• Géza Lóczi, director of design at Volvo Monitoring Concept Center ^[15]
• J Mays, automotive designer
• Shiro Nakamura, automotive designer, served as senior vice president of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
• Ken Okuyama, automotive and vehicle designer
• Charles Pelly, industrial designer; founder of DesignworksUSA ^[16]
• Nick Pugh, automotive designer, artist
• Larry Shinoda, automotive designer, best known for his work on the Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang
• Frank Stephenson, award-winning automobile designer, best known for his design of the Mini Hatch, and design work at Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and McLaren ^[17]
• Dick Teague, vice president of design, American Motors Corporation
• Jeff Teague, automotive designer
• Jack Telnack, former vice president of global design of the Ford Motor Company
• Freeman Thomas, automobile designer
• Franz von Holzhausen, automotive designer with Tesla Motors
• Gerald Wiegert, automobile designer, founder of Vector

Graduate Industrial Design

• Satyendra Pakhale, industrial designer
• David Stollery, actor and industrial designer

Faculty

• Ansel Adams
• Lita Albuquerque
• Affonso Beato
• Edward Biberman
• Bruce Burdick
• Allen Daviau
• Stan Douglas
• Craig Elliott
• Paul Frank
• Amy Gerstler
• Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe
• Peter Gould, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
• Paul Guay
• Garnet Hertz
• Burne Hogarth
• Paul Jasmin
• Mike Kelley
• John La Gatta
• Ross LaManna
• Norman Mauskopf
• Rebeca Mendez
• Ken Okuyama
• Laura Owens
• Bob Peterson
• Stephen Prina
• Matthew Rolston
• Ian Stendal
• Diana Thater
• Mayo Thompson
• Lynda Weinman
• Kent Williams
• Penny Wolin
• Doyald Young

References

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2. "Interview with Mark Whiting". Animation Artist Magazine. 2000. Retrieved June 26, 2008.
3. "Alumni San Jose State University, San Francisco Bay Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
4. "Nina Waisman: Resume".(retrieved 10/02/2013)
5. Heller, Steven; Lustig Cohen, Elaine (September 29, 2010). Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-8118-6127-4.
6. "Floyd Norman's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
7. Merritt, Brett. "Book of Mormon stories: Paintings depict tender scenes of scripture", Daily Herald (Utah) , 4 September 2004. Retrieved on 9 April 2021.
8. "Alex Schaefer - Irrational Exuberance" (PDF). Charles James Gallery. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
9. "Design World Mourns the Loss of Kenji Ekuan" . Retrieved February 11, 2015.
10. "Market Talent: Ideas Take Shape". Interior Design Magazine. July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
11. "Interview: Chris Bangle, BMW's Design Chief, page 1". Motor Trend . Retrieved August 19, 2008.
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13. Ernst, Kurt (July 8, 2013). "Former Shelby American designer John Chun dies at age 84". Hemmings Daily . Retrieved July 30, 2013.
14. Yates, Shanique (March 20, 2024). "How Emeline King Made History As Ford Motor Company's First Black Woman Car Designer And Became The Interior Designer For The 1994 Ford Mustang". Yahoo! Tech . Retrieved April 20, 2024.
15. "Bio of Géza Lóczi". Autoweb.com.au. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
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