Court Chu
BG Designer, BG Painter, Vis Dev Artist, Concept Artist, Storyboarder.

courtchu@sbcglobal.net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Disney Television Animation (current)

BG Painter, BG Designer

  • Prep and Landing: The Snowball Protocol, Monsters At Work, Chibiverse, Hailey’s On It, Primos, Big City Greens, Minnie’s Bow Toons, The Wonderful (Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn) of Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Silly.

Martian Blueberry

BG painter, Storyboarder

  • unannounced project

Dreamworks Animation

Storyboard Revisionist

  • Fright Krewe.

Bento Box Entertainment
BG Designer, Prop Designer

  • The Prince.

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

  • Children of the Corn (2020), Unhinged, The New Mutants, Dark Phoenix, Independence Day Resurgence, Stranger
    Things promos.


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.


COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:
pc (windows 10), Photoshop.
Some experience in: mac, Blender, Sketchup, Maya, Keyshot, Final Cut Pro 7, Premiere.


EDUCATION:
Art Center College of Design. 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.