Dylan Cole

For the American football player, see Dylan Cole (American football).

Dylan Cole is an American Digital Matte-Painter and concept artist specializing in work for film, television, and video games. Cole received a degree in fine arts from UCLA.^[1] He is best known for his work on feature films like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Avatar^[2][3] and its sequel, Daredevil, Alice in Wonderland, Tron: Legacy, Maleficent and The Chronicles of Riddick. He recently published his first book, The Otherworldly Adventures of Tyler Washburn.^[4][5]

Matte-painting community

Cole co-authored the book D'artiste Matte Painting: Digital Artists Master Class^[6] in which he shares of his work process and industry experiences throughout his career, and through the Gnomon Workshop has released instructional DVDs featuring his digital matte painting techniques.^[7][8]

Recognition

Awards and nominations

As part of the team that created the artwork for James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar Cole received a 2010 Directors Guild of America Award for Excellence in Production Design. He also received nominations from Art Directors Guild for Excellence In Production Design For A Fantasy Feature Film for both Alice in Wonderland and Tron: Legacy.^[9] Cole stated that his inspiration for the forests of Avatar came from a trip on the Kuranda Skyrail.^[10][11]

Partial filmography

• Daredevil (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Van Helsing (2004)
• The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Little Black Book (2004)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
• The Ring Two (2005)
• A Sound of Thunder (2005)
• Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
• Four Brothers (2005)
• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005)
• The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• The Kite Runner (2007)
• The Golden Compass (2007)
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• Speed Racer (2008)
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
• The Spiderwick Chronicles' (2008)
• John Adams (7 episodes, 2008) (TV)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
• The Road (2009)
• Avatar (2009)
• Land of the Lost (2009)
• 2012 (2009)
• Clash of the Titans (2010)
• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Tron: Legacy (2010)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)