# Ray Chan (art director)

Raymond Chan (1 December 1967 – 23 April 2024) was a British art director and production designer best known for his work on several films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise.

## Early life and education

Raymond Chan was born the oldest of three children to Hong Kong parents in Oldham on 1 December 1967. His mother was a machinist and his father was a bus driver. He graduated from the Liverpool School of Art, with a degree in graphic design. Chan then went on to earn a Masters degree in Film and Television at Kingston School of Art.

## Career

Chan began his career in 1993 with The Secret Rapture. He first joined Marvel Studios on Thor: The Dark World as a supervising art director. His credits as a supervising art director included Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Chan's credits as a production designer included The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Deadpool & Wolverine. Chan's credits as art director also include King Arthur, Monte Carlo, Nanny McPhee, National Treasure, Blood Diamond, Knight and Day, Wrath of the Titans, Alien vs. Predator and Children of Men. He was featured on Marvel Studios: Assembled in 2021.
Nominated for it five times, Chan won the ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for his work on Guardians of the Galaxy in 2015 and for his work on Avengers: Endgame in 2020.

## Personal life and death

Chan was married to Lindsay Gibbon, an architect, and had two children, Caspar and Sebastian.
Chan died from an intracerebral hemorrhage near his home in Wales on 23 April 2024, at the age of 56. His final film, Deadpool & Wolverine, was released three months later and was dedicated in his memory.
At the 97th Academy Awards, his name was mentioned in the In Memoriam section.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Studio | Notes |
| 1993 | The Secret Rapture | Castle Hill Productions | Art department assistant |
| 1994–1996 | Screen Two | BBC | Storyboard artist / set dresser |
| 1995 | Hackers | MGM/UA Distribution Co. | Junior draughtsman |
| 1997 | Robinson Crusoe | Miramax Films / RHI Entertainment | Assistant art director |
| 1997–2000 | The Hunger | Showtime | Assistant art director |
| 1997 | The Wings of the Dove | Miramax Films | Assistant art director |
| 1999 | The Lost Son | Artisan Entertainment | Art director |
| 2000 | Five Seconds to Spare | ContentFilm International | Art director |
| 2001 | Enigma | Manhattan Pictures International | Stand-by art airector |
| 2002 | Heartlands | Miramax Films / DNA Films | Art director |
| 2003 | Johnny English | Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films | Art director: second unit |
| 2004 | King Arthur | Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Supervising art director |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films | Art director |
| 2004 | Alien vs. Predator | 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment / Brandywine Productions / Impact Pictures / Stillking Films | Art director |
| 2004 | National Treasure | Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films | Supervising art director; uncredited |
| 2005 | The Honeymooners | Paramount Pictures | Draughtsperson |
| 2005 | Stoned | Screen Media Films | Art director |
| 2005 | Nanny McPhee | Universal Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Working Title Films | Art director; uncredited |
| 2006 | Flyboys | MGM Distribution Co. / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Electric Entertainment / Skydance Productions / Ingenious Media | Supervising art director |
| 2006 | Blood Diamond | Warner Bros. Pictures | Supervising art director |
| 2006 | Children of Men | Universal Pictures | Art director |
| 2008 | Fool's Gold | Warner Bros. Pictures | Supervising art director |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Paramount Pictures | Supervising art director |
| 2010 | Robin Hood | Universal Pictures | Senior art director |
| 2010 | Knight and Day | 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Dune Entertainment | Supervising art director |
| 2011 | Monte Carlo | 20th Century Fox / Fox 2000 Pictures / Regency Enterprises | Supervising art director |
| 2012 | Wrath of the Titans | Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures | Supervising art director |
| 2013 | Thor: The Dark World | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity War | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2019 | Avengers: Endgame | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director / production designer; additional photography |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Marvel Studios | Supervising art director |
| 2021 | The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Marvel Studios | Production designer |
| 2023 | Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Marvel Studios | Production designer; additional photography |
| 2023 | Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | Paramount Pictures / Hasbro / Entertainment One | Production designer |
| 2024 | Deadpool & Wolverine | Marvel Studios / Maximum Effort / 21 Laps Entertainment | Production designer; posthumous release |