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.

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, Academy Award-winning co-writer of Pulp Fiction
 * Michael Bay, film director
 * Don Burgess, cinematographer
 * Ericson Core
 * Wayne Fitzgerald, title sequence designer
 * Larry Fong, cinematographer
 * Dave Goelz, puppeteer
 * Dennis Gassner, Academy Award-winning production designer often working with directors Sam Mendes and the Coen Brothers
 * 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
 * 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
 * Hedi El Kholti, fine artist, writer and editor
 * Eyvind Earle, fine art painter
 * 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
 * Mark Ryden, fine art painter
 * Sterling Ruby, artist
 * Stan Sakai, comic book artist
 * Kevin A. Short, fine art painter
 * Ken Shutt, sculptor
 * Gordon Smedt, Pop Art painter
 * Jeff Soto, fine 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
 * Jennifer West, fine artist using digitized film
 * Jack Wemp, fine art painter
 * 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
 * Marc Grand d’Hauteville, graphic designer
 * Joe Hahn, DJ for Linkin Park
 * John Van Hamersveld, graphic designer known for iconic The Endless Summer poster
 * 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

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
 * 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
 * Gerard Huerta, illustrator

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), American photographer, attended but did not graduate
 * Melodie McDaniel
 * Norman Mauskopf
 * Dewey Nicks, fashion photographer
 * Rip Noel, commercial photographer & film maker
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Abdulaziz Alobaid, automobile designer and industrial designer, founder of FAIIIDA, CircleMobility

Graduate Industrial design

 * Satyendra Pakhale, industrial designer
 * David Stollery, actor and industrial designer

Faculty

 * Ansel Adams
 * Lita Albuquerque
 * Affonso Beato
 * Edward Biberman
 * Roger Blonder
 * 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
 * Laura Owens
 * Ken Okuyama
 * Bob Peterson
 * Stephen Prina
 * Matthew Rolston
 * Ian Stendal
 * Diana Thater
 * Mayo Thompson
 * Lynda Weinman
 * Kent Williams
 * Penny Wolin
 * Doyald Young