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]
• Cam McHarg, actor and film director^[3]

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
• Séraphine, internationally recognized fine art painter
• Kevin A. Short, fine art painter
• Ken Shutt, sculptor
• Gordon Smedt, Pop Art painter^[4]
• 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^[5]
• 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
• Teddy Lo, Hong Kong-based LED artist
• Alvin Lustig, graphic designer^[6]
• 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
• Matt Busch, illustrator, filmmaker, professor
• 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^[7]
• John Parra, illustrator
• LeUyen Pham, illustrator
• Robert Quackenbush, illustrator
• Walter Rane, illustrator and painter^[8]
• Marc Remus, illustrator
• Dan Santat, illustrator
• Alex Schaefer, painter and activist^[9]
• 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^[10]
• 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^[11]

Transportation Design

• Chris Bangle, former chief of design at BMW^[12]
• Harald Belker, automobile designer, designed vehicles for Batman & Robin and Minority Report^[13]
• 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^[14]
• 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^[15]
• SangYup Lee, automotive designer
• Géza Lóczi, director of design at Volvo Monitoring Concept Center^[16]
• 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^[17]
• 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^[18]
• 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