Doug Chiang is an American film designer and artist.
11 Facts About Doug Chiang
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Doug Chiang is vice president and executive creative director of Lucasfilm and previous Chief Creative Officer at Lucasfilm.
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Doug Chiang's dad had gone to Michigan in the United States for college, and moved the family to Dearborn, Michigan when Chiang was 5 years old.
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Doug Chiang's parents encouraged him to assimilate into American culture by speaking more English, which Chiang described as one of the ways the family tried to fit in.
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Doug Chiang was inspired by the original Star Wars film and the accompanying art design book.
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Doug Chiang studied industrial design at the College for Creative Studies until 1982.
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Doug Chiang later studied film production at the University of California, Los Angeles, and graduated in 1986.
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Doug Chiang founded DC Studios in 2000 with his creation, Robota, as a primary project.
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In 2004, Doug Chiang co-founded Ice Blink Studios and worked for Zemeckis on Beowulf.
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Doug Chiang returned to the Star Wars franchise as the concept artist for The Force Awakens as well as production designer for Rogue One.
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Doug Chiang has won numerous awards throughout his career, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA for Death Becomes Her, a BAFTA for Forrest Gump, a FOCUS Award for his independent film Mental Block, a Clio Award for his work on a Malaysian Airlines commercial and The BrandLaureate Award.