Ray Chan, Marvel Studios Art Director and Deadpool & Wolverine Production Designer, Has Died
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Ray Chan, a longtime supervising art director and production designer at Marvel Studios whose credits include Avengers: Endgame and the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine, died this week. Marvel Studios announced Chan's death on Wednesday, remembering the Art Directors Guild Award-winning artist as "an incredible production designer who helped imagine and design the Marvel Cinematic Universe" and "a wonderful friend and colleague who will be dearly missed by everyone who had the privilege of working with him." A cause of death was not provided.
"Ray was first and foremost a good friend to everyone
at Marvel Studios. He was a talented collaborator who brought creativity and
attention to detail to every frame of every movie he worked on, and who was
able to bring out the best in each department he worked with," Kevin
Feige, CCO of Marvel Entertainment and president of Marvel Studios, and
co-president Louis D'Esposito said in a joint statement. "He was the
nicest human being and was such a pleasure to work with, hugely generous, and
the kind of person who could take the seed of an idea and turn it into
something beautiful. We are devastated by his passing. He will be missed by
everyone at Marvel, and our sincerest condolences go out to his family and
friends."
Chan first joined Marvel Studios on 2011's Thor: The Dark World as supervising art director and went on to collaborate with filmmaker James Gunn as supervising art director on 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, director Joss Whedon on 2015's Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Scott Derrickson on 2016's Doctor Strange, crafting alien worlds like Xandar, the mystical Sanctum Sanctorum, and the planets Titan and Vormir. Chan worked with Joe and Anthony Russo on 2018's Avengers: Infinity War and 2019's Avengers: Endgame, Marvel Studios' highest-grossing movie, for which he won an Art Directors Guild Award.
He also served as art director for additional photography on Sony and Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019 and production designer on the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in 2021. Most recently, Chan worked as the production designer for additional photography on last year's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the production designer on the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine.
"Each film that Marvel [puts out], it's always a very involved process, for myself and Charlie [Wood, production designer], each one is unique and a challenge," Chan said in a 2018 interview with The Credits. "Guardians of the Galaxy is different to Ultron, which is different to Dr. Strange. Infinity Wars was probably the biggest challenge. It comes off as a collaboration, working with a great studio like Marvel. There are great scriptwriters, directors, they bring a lot to the table. They'd come up with ideas, first, and we'd bounce of that."
Chan's other credits include 2023's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves as production designer, and supervising art director on such films as National Treasure, Blood Diamond, Knight and Day, and Wrath of the Titans. He was the art director for AVP: Alien vs. Predator in 2004, Alfonso Cuarón's three-time Oscar-nominated Children of Men in 2006, and senior art director on Robin Hood in 2010. He also worked in commercials, creating spots for major brands like Mercedes, Jeep, IBM, General Electric, American Express, Merrill Lynch, NY Times, and Land Rover. He appeared in the documentary Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier in 2021, where he took viewers behind-the-scenes of designing the city Madripoor.
Chan is survived by his wife, Lindsay, and his children, Caspar and Sebastian. Chan's final credit will be Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine, which is in theaters this July.
Art Director
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper,
Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul
Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
supervising art director
2019
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel,
Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson,
Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Wong, Terry
Notary, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff,
Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War
8.4
supervising art director
2018
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Tilda Swinton, Benedict
Wong, Rachel McAdams, and Benedict Cumberbatch in Doctor Strange (2016)
Doctor Strange
7.5
supervising art director
2016
Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul
Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark
Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron
(2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron
7.3
supervising art director
2015
Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and
Dave Bautista in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Guardians of the Galaxy
8.0
supervising art director
2014
Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman, Christopher Eccleston,
Tadanobu Asano, Idris Elba, Ray Stevenson, Tom Hiddleston, Zachary Levi, Chris
Hemsworth, and Jaimie Alexander in Thor: The Dark World (2013)
Thor: The Dark World
6.8
supervising art director
2013
Sam Worthington in Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Wrath of the Titans
5.7
supervising art director (as Raymond Chan)
2012
Leighton Meester, Selena Gomez, and Katie Cassidy in Monte
Carlo (2011)
Monte Carlo
5.8
supervising art director
2011
Russell Crowe in Robin Hood (2010)
Robin Hood
6.6
senior art director
2010
Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst, Simon Pegg, and Megan Fox in
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6.4
supervising art director
2008
Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in Fool's Gold (2008)
Fool's Gold
5.7
supervising art director
2008
Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou in Blood Diamond (2006)
Blood Diamond
8.0
supervising art director
2006
James Franco in Flyboys (2006)
Flyboys
6.5
supervising art director (as Raymond Chan)
2006
Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men
7.9
Art Director
2006
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Nanny McPhee
6.6
Art Director (uncredited)
2005
Leo Gregory in Stoned (2005)
Stoned
5.7
Art Director
2005
Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Alien vs. Predator
5.7
Art Director (as Raymond Chan)
2004
Thunderbirds (2004)
Thunderbirds
4.3
Art Director
2004
Michael Sheen in Heartlands (2002)
Heartlands
6.8
Art Director
2002
Five Seconds to Spare (2000)
Five Seconds to Spare
5.1
Art Director
2000
The Lost Son (1999)
The Lost Son
6.4
Art Director
1999
Art Department
Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Kathryn
Newton, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan Majors, and Jamie Andrew Cutler in Ant-Man
and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
6.1
production designer: additional photography
2023
Samuel L. Jackson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tom Holland in
Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Spider-Man: Far from Home
7.4
art director: additional photography, Los Angeles (as
Raymond Chan)
2019
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper,
Chris Evans, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul
Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
production designer: additional photography
supervising art director
2019
Knight and Day (2010)
Knight and Day
6.3
supervising art director: Europe
2010
Gabrielle Union, Cedric The Entertainer, Mike Epps, and
Regina Hall in The Honeymooners (2005)
The Honeymooners
3.5
draughtsperson (as Raymond Chan)
2005
Nicolas Cage in National Treasure (2004)
National Treasure
6.9
supervising art director: UK (uncredited)
2004
Ioan Gruffudd, Keira Knightley, and Clive Owen in King
Arthur (2004)
King Arthur
6.3
supervising art director: UK
2004
Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English (2003)
Johnny English
6.3
art director: second unit
2003
Jeremy Northam, Kate Winslet, Saffron Burrows, and Dougray
Scott in Enigma (2001)
Enigma
6.4
stand-by art director
2001
Helena Bonham Carter, Alison Elliott, and Linus Roache in
The Wings of the Dove (1997)
The Wings of the Dove
7.1
assistant art director
1997
The Hunger (1997)
The Hunger
6.2
TV Series
assistant art director
1997–2000
Pierce Brosnan in Robinson Crusoe (1997)
Robinson Crusoe
5.9
assistant art director
1997
Screen Two (1985)
Screen Two
6.3
TV Series
storyboard artist
set dresser
1994–1996
2 episodes
Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller in Hackers (1995)
Hackers
6.2
junior draughtsman
1995
The Secret Rapture (1993)
The Secret Rapture
5.8
art department assistant
1993
Production Designer
Deadpool & Wolverine
Production Designer
Post-production
2024
Hugh Grant, Michelle Rodriguez, Chris Pine, Daisy Head,
Regé-Jean Page, Sophia Lillis, and Justice Smith in Dungeons & Dragons:
Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
7.2
Production Designer (as Raymond Chan)
2023
Daniel Brühl, Wyatt Russell, Emily VanCamp, Anthony Mackie,
Sebastian Stan, and Erin Kellyman in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
7.1
TV Mini Series
Production Designer (as Raymond Chan)
2021
6 episodes
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