Michael Bay is the award-winning director and producer behind these and other blockbuster films. One of the most bankable feature film directors across generations, Bay has brought the biggest stars in Hollywood together to create electrifying cinema
Degree: BFA 11 Film Even the savviest of semioticians might have a hard time decoding the sources of inspiration informing John X. Carey’s approach to Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches,” the most watched Internet commercial of all time. Carey drew his ideas from a diverse and unex...
Meet alum and US Army veteran Tae Yoo (MFA 21 FIlm).
Melodie McDaniel (BA 91 Photography), Still and Fashion Photographer, Film/Music Video Director
Explore MFA Film graduate J.J. Augustavo's career journey, from low-budget videos to their upcoming feature film. Learn about their collaborations with ArtCenter classmates for professional projects.
Ross LaManna is the chair of the graduate and undergraduate Film Departments at ArtCenter. He has sold screenplays and written for many studios, including Disney.
With locations at Hillside and South Campus, the Equipment Center provides authorized students, faculty, staff and others access to state of the art photography, film and audiovisual gear.
Graduate Film alum Mego Lin is a cinematographer who has shot music videos for Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, The Knocks, Mike Posner, Tori Kelly, Tinie Tempah and Scott Stapp among others.
2-YOKAI by Andy Fedak and Bruce Yonemoto combines animation, film, and installation to examine Japanese folklore and contemporary culture through the myths of Kappa and Nurikabe.
Alum James Paick (BFA 04) created Scribble Studios, an entertainment design firm specializing in character, creature and concept design for video games, TV and film.
Illustration alum Dan Santat's book "The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend," was awarded the Caldecott Medal and will be coming to life in a film by Dreamworks.
Advertising alum Sean Ohlenkamp discusses life as Creative Director at Leo Burnett Toronto and working across digital, film, photography, print, illustration, design and product design platforms.
Film alum and instructor Dan Bartolucci is an esteemed Autodesk Flame artist and VFX editor who has worked on "Captain America", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1" and "Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1."
Storyboard: Hannah Bon The purest form of self-expression I came to ArtCenter with an unwavering love for film and a talent for production design. Production design was a way to collaborate and form friendships with other students, but what I really wanted to do was direct. The film department at ...
Storyboard: Zach Leazer How a life in the Air Force prepared me for a life making movies The first time I ever directed anything, I was still serving in the United States Air Force. I know thats a weird concept, but just hear me out for a second. I was an airplane mechanic doing my first tour of ...
Storyboard: Elizabeth Gray Bayne Chocolate Milk and Other Wonders of Being Human Though I loved movies growing up, I never thought that I would become a director. Instead, I spent most of my childhood reading about science, taking art classes and writing and illustrating my own stories. Like many...
Devin Hawker Looking behind the curtain When I was growing up, going to the movies was a big deal. It seems hard to believe there was a time before Netflix and Apple TV, but I remember traveling nearly an hour to the nearest movie theater as a kid and submitting to this kind of grand vision that w...
Storyboard: Ophelia Chong Chance encounters of the fluid kind I believe that everyone is capable of having at least six careers in their lifetime. How does one do that? Remain fluid and open to what the universe throws at you. I was born in Canada and became an American citizen 20 years ago. As a...
Storyboard: Mario Ascencio No bad days! I can pinpoint the exact moment when I knew I wanted to be a librarian. Picture it! Thirty years ago this year, I was 17 years old, a high school student from Huntington Park working a job at a public library in Maywood. At the time, the position was just t...
Storyboard: Gary Meyer Frightening Blankness, Failure and the Larger Tapestry of History Nothing is more daunting to a designer than a blank canvas. Why does this image fill creatives with such dread? Because it represents the beginning. Whats more is that the blank canvas represents questions: q...
Storyboard: Phil Hettema How to Graduate from Disneyland to Art School I'm a native Southern Californian, born in Pasadena, who was born right around the time that Walt Disney introduced his pet project, something called a "theme park", to the world (... yes, it was a long time ago!). I was a shy ...
Storyboard: Tim Larson Take the roundabout and keep going My pathway to design was always a roundabout one. I grew up in a modest town just east of Portland. As a kid, Portland was the big city. The specter of Nike loomed large over Portlands creative community and its cultural omnipresence serve...
Storyboard: Bob Dirig It's the greatest job in the world Think of all the stuff you throw away each day. Almost all of it has no inherent value, right? Try telling that to an archivist. For instance, several years ago, the Library at ArtCenter College of Design received a substantial donation fr...
Merle Mullin Philanthropist and Director, Mullin Automotive Museum Merle Mullin enjoys showing, driving and racing Vintage cars along with her husband Peter. She is a co-founder/co-organizer of a biennial vintage car rally for women only. Its All About the Girls! is an exciting, much publicized ev...