Resume
 
 

FILM

Transformers II (2009) Director: Michael Bay, PD: Nigel Phelps, Paramount Pictures
January 2008 - present. Concept Designer

Star Trek (2008) Director: J.J. Abrams, PD: Scott Chambliss, Paramount Pictures
April 2007 - January 2008. Concept Designer

Barbarella (2008) Director: Robert Rodriguez, Universal Pictures / Dino Delaurentiis Company
May - September 2007. Concept Designer

Escape from the Planet Earth (2008) Rainmaker Animation
June - September 2007.
Concept Designer

Avatar (2009)
Director: James Cameron, PD: Rick Carter, Twentieth Century Fox
June 2006 - April 2007. Concept Designer

unannounced project Director: Stephen Sommers, Paramount Pictures
September- January 2007. Concept Designer

unannounced project
Walt Disney Animation Studios
November 2005 - September 2006. Concept Designer

Transformers (2007) Director: Michael Bay, PD: Jeff Mann, Paramount Pictures
December 2005 – March 2006. Concept Artist

John Carter of Mars
Director: Jon Favreau, Kerry Conran, Paramount Pictures
December 2004 – March 2006. Concept Artist

Outlander (2007) Director: Howard McCain
June - September 2005. Senior Concept Artist

Hot Wheels, the Movie
Columbia Pictures / Mattel, Inc.
January – March 2005. Concept Designer

War of the Worlds (2005) Director: Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures
July - October 2004. Creature Designer (Tripods)

   
  INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC June 1998 - April 2005. Senior Art Director

Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Director: George Lucas, Fox / Lucasfilm
May 2002 - April 2005. Concept Design Supervisor, Senior Visual Effects Art Director (ILM)

Star Wars Episode 2 - Attack of the Clones (2002) Director: George Lucas, Fox / Lucasfilm
December 2000 - May 2002. Concept Design Supervisor, Senior Visual Effects Art Director (ILM)

Frankenstein
Director: Dave Carson, PD: Bill Perkins, Universal Pictures
July 1998 - December 1999. Concept Designer, Matte Painter

XO Director: Steven Spielberg, PD: Matt Codd, DreamWorks Pictures
May - June 1998. Concept Designer
   
  VIDEO GAME

undisclosed project Electronic Arts Los Angeles
December 2005 - present. Concept Designer

unannounced project
Electronic Arts Redwood Shores
March 2006 - present. Concept Illustrator

Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II Electronic Arts Redwood Shores
September - December 2005. Scenic Painter

James Bond Electronic Arts Los Angeles
January - February 2005. Concept Designer
 
   
  THEME PARK

The Bezark Company, Glendale, California
December 2004. Production Illustrator for Ocean Park, Hong Kong

Walt Disney Imagineering, Glendale, California
January - May 1998. Show Concept Designer for Epcot Millennium Celebrations

Universal Studios, Universal City, California
February 1998. Poster Illustrations for Back to the Future ride and Terminator 3D ride
 
   
  TEACHING

Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California
September – December 2002. Instructor for Advanced Entertainment Design Class

The Gnomon Workshop
January 2004, October 2006. Produced 6 DVDs on concept design and production illustration
   
  EDUCATION

Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California
Bachelor of Science with honors in Transportation Design, December 1997

University of California, Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts in Design, May 1994
   
  AFFILIATIONS

Member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 790 (Illustrators and Matte Artists)
Member of I.A.T.S.E. Local 839 (The Animation Guild)
   
  Contact: ryanchurch@earthlink.net