# 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.

## 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
* 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

### 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
* 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
* 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
* 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
* John Parra, illustrator
* LeUyen Pham, illustrator
* Robert Quackenbush, illustrator
* Walter Rane, illustrator and painter
* Marc Remus, illustrator
* Dan Santat, illustrator
* Alex Schaefer, painter and activist
* 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
* 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

### Transportation Design

* Chris Bangle, former chief of design at BMW
* Harald Belker, automobile designer, designed vehicles for Batman & Robin and Minority Report
* 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
* 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
* SangYup Lee, automotive designer
* Géza Lóczi, director of design at Volvo Monitoring Concept Center
* 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
* 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
* 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