Ray Chan

• Name — Ray Chan • Birth Name — Raymond Chan • Born — 1 December 1967 • Birthplace — Oldham, Greater Manchester, England • Died — 23 April 2024 • Place of death — Glamorgan, Wales • Education — Liverpool School of Art Kingston School of Art • Occupation — * Art director • production designer • Years Active — 1993–2024 • Spouse — Lindsay Gibbon • Children — 2 • Awards — ADG Excellence in Production Design Award (2015, 2020)

Raymond Chan was born the oldest of three children to Hong Kong parents in Oldham on 1 December 1967. His mother was a machinist and his father was a bus driver. He graduated from the Liverpool School of Art, with a degree in graphic design. Chan then went on to earn a Masters degree in Film and Television at Kingston School of Art.

Chan began his career in 1993 with The Secret Rapture. He first joined Marvel Studios on Thor: The Dark World as a supervising art director. His credits as a supervising art director included Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home. Chan's credits as a production designer included The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, and Deadpool & Wolverine. Chan's credits as art director also include King Arthur, Monte Carlo, Nanny McPhee, National Treasure, Blood Diamond, Knight and Day, Wrath of the Titans, Alien vs. Predator and Children of Men. He was featured on Marvel Studios: Assembled in 2021. Nominated for it five times, Chan won the ADG Excellence in Production Design Award for his work on Guardians of the Galaxy in 2015 and for his work on Avengers: Endgame in 2020.

Chan was married to Lindsay Gibbon, an architect, and had two children, Caspar and Sebastian. Chan died near his home in Wales on 23 April 2024, at the age of 56. His final film, Deadpool & Wolverine, was released three months later and was dedicated in his memory. At the 97th Academy Awards, there was a tribute to his name in the In Memoriam section. Chan was also similarly remembered at the 78th British Academy Film Awards.

• Year — Title — Studio — Notes • 1993 — The Secret Rapture — Castle Hill Productions — Art department assistant • 1994–1996 — Screen Two — BBC — Storyboard artist / set dresser • 1995 — Hackers — MGM/UA Distribution Co. — Junior draughtsman • 1997 — Robinson Crusoe — Miramax Films / RHI Entertainment — Assistant art director • 1997–2000 — The Hunger — Showtime — Assistant art director • 1997 — The Wings of the Dove — Miramax Films — Assistant art director • 1999 — The Lost Son — Artisan Entertainment — Art director • 2000 — Five Seconds to Spare — ContentFilm International — Art director • 2001 — Enigma — Manhattan Pictures International — Stand-by art airector • 2002 — Heartlands — Miramax Films / DNA Films — Art director • 2003 — Johnny English — Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films — Art director: second unit • 2004 — King Arthur — Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films — Supervising art director • Thunderbirds — Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Working Title Films — Art director • Alien vs. Predator — 20th Century Fox / Davis Entertainment / Brandywine Productions / Impact Pictures / Stillking Films — Art director • National Treasure — Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films — Supervising art director; uncredited • 2005 — The Honeymooners — Paramount Pictures — Draughtsperson • Stoned — Screen Media Films — Art director • Nanny McPhee — Universal Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Working Title Films — Art director; uncredited • 2006 — Flyboys — MGM Distribution Co. / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures / Electric Entertainment / Skydance Productions / Ingenious Media — Supervising art director • Blood Diamond — Warner Bros. Pictures — Supervising art director • Children of Men — Universal Pictures — Art director • 2008 — Fool's Gold — Warner Bros. Pictures — Supervising art director • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People — Paramount Pictures — Supervising art director • 2010 — Robin Hood — Universal Pictures — Senior art director • Knight and Day — 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Dune Entertainment — Supervising art director • 2011 — Monte Carlo — 20th Century Fox / Fox 2000 Pictures / Regency Enterprises • 2012 — Wrath of the Titans — Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures • 2013 — Thor: The Dark World — Marvel Studios • 2014 — Guardians of the Galaxy • 2015 — Avengers: Age of Ultron • 2016 — Doctor Strange • 2018 — Avengers: Infinity War • 2019 — Avengers: Endgame — Supervising art director / production designer; additional photography • Spider-Man: Far From Home — Supervising art director • 2021 — The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — Production designer • 2023 — Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — Production designer; additional photography • Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves — Paramount Pictures / Hasbro / Entertainment One — Production designer • 2024 — Deadpool & Wolverine — Marvel Studios / Maximum Effort / 21 Laps Entertainment — Production designer; posthumous release