ryan church
Why he rules: If you saw a cool giant machine or floating city in
Star Wars episode II or III, there's a good chance it was
designed by
Ryan Church. His
designs for
Revenge Of The Sith included a new generation of giant AT-AT walkers with longer legs, giant robot tanks, and a whole gaggle of dinosaur/dragon mounts for the Jedi and soldiers to ride on. And he designed the alien invaders from Steven Spielberg's
War Of The Worlds movie, including the fiery concept paintings we've marveled at before.
What he's working on: His in-development credits read like a listing of the most-eagerly-awaited science fiction films of the next few years. They include the vikings-vs-aliens movie
Outlander, J.J. Abrams'
Star Trek film, James Cameron's 3-D motion capture film
Avatar, the animated
Escape From Planet Earth,
Transformers 2 and
John Carter Of Mars.
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Science fiction is all about creating strange and incredible worlds, whether they're the future of Earth or a far-off planet. And the key to the most breathtaking science fictional worlds always starts with the work of production designers and concept artists who create brilliant and freaktastic worlds, like James Clyne's concept art for Transformers, above. Or Warren Manser's original art for Stanley Kubrick's version of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, below the fold. Here's our roundup of the 10 designers whose work is exciting us the most right now — and whose forthcoming projects you should watch out for.
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