Ming Pan

Co-Founder / CEO / Director / Executive Producer

 

 

 

Ming Pan is Hollywood’s famous Creative Director/VFX Art Director and Producer. He has worked on top Hollywood and Chinese film productions such as Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 and Avengers: Infinity War. Mr. Ming is also the founder/Director of Ming Creative Studios, Inc., Ming Creative Art Academy, and the Co-founder/Director/Producer of Mixel Media. With more than 10 years of professional working experience, Mr. Ming has a profound understanding of all aspects of the film industry, from pre-production to post-production. 

His passion for art began when he was 11, with Chinese traditional ink painting. By age 12 he was participating in many personal art tours and art exhibitions in Taiwan and in Los Angeles. He actively participated in multiple charity exhibitions and was interviewed for the Most Brilliant Young Artist in Taiwan. With his extraordinary talents and achievements at a young age, the USCIS Director granted Mr. Ming and his family permission to immigrate to the US.

Mr. Ming has a profound understanding of traditional Eastern culture, and an advanced perspective on Western creativity. He believes that movies are a powerful language that share art, storytelling, and values with others all over the world. He is committed to combining culture, art, creative IP, digital assets and film production technology together, hoping to make films that have greater influence on the world.

Experience

  • 2011-2014  Involved as an Art Director and Concept Artist at RHYTHM and HUES STUDIOS, which have received three Oscars Academy Awards so far.
  • July 2015  Founded Ming Creative Art Academy in Los Angeles, an art school that focuses on cultivating interest in the art and design industries in younger generations
  • January 2016  Founded Ming Creative Studios, Inc. in Los Angeles
  • 2016-2017  Served as VFX Creative Art Supervisor of Method Studios for MARVEL film production Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
  • 2017-2018  Served as VFX Creative Art Supervisor of Method Studios for MARVEL film production Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • 2018  Nominated as Global Outstanding Role Model and invited to the grand Annual Awards Gala in Beijing
  • 2018  Interviewed as the outstanding character on the cover of Asian American US magazine. 
  • 2019  Honorably nominated for the VES Award for the film Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • 2018-2019  Served as Creative Supervisor of RUYI Films and Method Studios for the film Monkey King
  • 2021-2022  Served as Creative Director of Myth Image for the Chinese film company Tencent Pictures.
  • January 2023  Co-founded Mixel Media in Los Angeles. A technology-forward entertainment company specializing in unifying creative development and deployment with IP acquisition

Major Film Work

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) 

R.I.P.D. (2013)

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) 

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

300: Rise of an Empire (2014) 

Into the Storm (2014)

Winter’s Tale (2014)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

Seventh Son (2014)

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)

Ant-Man (2015)

Captain America: Civil War (2016) 

Doctor Strange (2016)

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 (2017)

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Aquaman (2018) 

Birds of Prey (2020)

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)