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Ryan Church (concept artist)

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Ryan Church
Born (1971-07-18) July 18, 1971 (age 53)
EducationArt Center College of Design (B.S.) University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.)
Occupation(s)Concept designer, industrial designer
Years active1998 - present
Websitewww.ryanchurch.com

Ryan Church (born July 18, 1971 in Long Beach, California) is an American concept designer best known for his designs of vehicles, planets, and architectures as a concept design supervisor on George Lucas's Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and of the tripods in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds.[1][2]

He worked on James Cameron's Avatar (2009) and is responsible for the updated design of the USS Enterprise in J. J. Abrams's Star Trek films [2][3] as well as the design of the Stealth Helicopters in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and the Ship of the Imagination in Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Church returned to the Star Wars franchise in 2013 as a concept artist for The Force Awakens, Rogue One and The Rise of Skywalker. He is also a concept supervisor on the television series The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka.

Church graduated with honors in Transportation Design with emphasis on Entertainment Design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

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  1. ^ Church, Ryan (13 July 2005). "Otherworldly Concept Designs of Ryan Church". Animation World Network (Interview). Interviewed by Ellen Wolff. Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Anders, Charlie Jane (10 June 2008). "Ryan Church, Master Of Creatures And Robots". io9. Design Geniuses: 10 Hollywood Designers To Watch Out For. Kinja. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Big Reaction To New Enterprise – New Designer Responds". TrekMovie. SciFanatic Network. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
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