Court Chu
BG Designer, BG Painter, Vis Dev Artist, Concept Artist, Storyboarder.
courtchu@sbcglobal.net
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2020 to 2023: Disney Television Animation
-- BG Painter on Monsters At Work.
— BG painter on Hailey’s On It.
— BG Designer on Primos, Big City Greens, Minnie’s Bow Toons, The Wonderful (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) of Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Silly.
2021: Dreamworks Animation
— Storyboard Revisionist on Fright Krewe.
2020: Bento Box Entertainment
— BG designer and Prop Designer on The Prince.
2011 to 2020: The Aaron Sims Creative
-- concept artist: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Call of the Wild, Candyman (2021), Coming 2 America, Mouseguard, Noelle, Timmy Failure, The New Mutants, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, Aquaman, Chained: A Victorian Nightmare, Lost in Space (2018series), Rampage, Ready Player One, A Wrinkle in Time, It, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman 1984, Wonder Woman, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Netflix’s Tarzan and Jane, Silence, Underworld: Blood Wars, Independence Day: Resurgence, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Netflix’s Kong: King of the Apes, Krampus, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Hercules, 300: Rise of an Empire, I, Frankenstein, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, DirecTV commercials.
-- storyboarder on: Children of the Corn (2020), Unhinged, The New Mutants, Dark Phoenix, Independence Day Resurgence, Stranger
Things promos.
2010 - 2019: freelance
-- storyboarder: Fox - storyboards for Prodigal Son.
-- storyboarder: Netflix - storyboards for Outer Banks.
-- storyboarder: ABC - storyboards for The Rookie.
-- illustrator: Disney Publishing - several children's storybooks.
-- concept artist: Disney Interactive - unannounced games.
-- creature and character concept artist: MastersFX - True Blood, Underworld Awakening, Falling Skies, The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia.
-- concept artist: Sony Computer Entertainment America - Twisted Metal PS3, Sony Home.
2002 - 2009: Pandemic Studios/EA
-- principal concept artist, storyboarder, mo-cap director, figure drawing teacher, marketing image artist. Video games titles worked on include: Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, The Saboteur.
1999 - 2002: freelance
-- rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works - Collateral Damage, The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
-- illustrator: CCI Digital - The Lion King 2 international DVD.
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
pc (windows 10), Photoshop CC.
Some experience in: mac, Maya, Keyshot, Sketchup, Final Cut Pro 7, Premiere.
EDUCATION:
Art Center College of Design, 1999, BFA with honors, illustration major.
Other further education: Concept Design Academy, Atelier Marchant, UCLA extension, Academy of LA (Associates in Art). Classes taken included Vis Dev, Cinematography, Storyboarding, Layout, Sculpture, Character and Production Design, Environments.