Marvel Studios has announced that Deadpool & Wolverine production designer, Ray Chan, has died.
Chan is known for getting his start with Marvel on Thor: The Dark World, and he’s worked on Avengers: Endgame and more.
Ray Chan was recently the production designer on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and the Dungeons & Dragons movie.
Marvel Studios posted the news on Marvel.com. The cause of death hasn’t been disclosed.
“The entire Marvel Studios team is incredibly saddened by the loss of Ray Chan, longtime Marvel filmmaker and friend, who passed away this week,” said Marvel.
Marvel continued, “Ray was an incredible production designer who helped imagine and design the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From Xandar to the Sanctum Sanctorum, Ray brought distinct, lived-in worlds to the screen, spanning the far reaches of space to a Louisiana fishing boat. He was also a wonderful friend and colleague who will be dearly missed by everyone who had the privilege of working with him.”
Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige and Louis D’Esposito said in a statement: “Ray was first and foremost a good friend to everyone at Marvel Studios. He was a talented collaborator who brought creativity and attention to detail to every frame of every movie he worked on, and who was able to bring out the best in each department he worked with. He was the nicest human being and was such a pleasure to work with, hugely generous, and the kind of person who could take the seed of an idea and turn it into something beautiful. We are devastated by his passing. He will be missed by everyone at Marvel, and our sincerest condolences go out to his family and friends.”
Ray first joined Marvel Studios on Thor: The Dark World as Supervising Art Director and went on to be Supervising Art Director on many other Marvel films, including Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. He was also an Art Director on Spider-Man: Far From Home, as well as Production Designer on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania Additional Photography, and the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine.
Ray is survived by his wife Lindsay and his children Caspar and Sebastian.
