Stephen Zavala - Resume

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Stephen Zavala

Stephen Zavala

Art Director / Concept Artist @ ILM / LUCASFILM

San Francisco, United States

alphastepdesign@gmail.com

Summary

I'm an art director / concept artist working for films and games. My clients include:

- Industrial Light and Magic
- ILMxImmersive (ILMxLab)
- Lucasfilm
- 20th Century Sudios
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Universal Pictures
- Paramount Pictures
- Legendary Pictures
- Lionsgate Studios
- Summit Entertainment
- Bad Robot Productions
- Troublemaker Studios
- Walt Disney Imagineering
- Retro Studios
- Volta
- Hasbro
- Fantasy Flight Games

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8862553/?ref_=rvi_nm

Disclaimer: None of my artworks are approved to be minted as NFTs or used to train any AI models.

Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

Illustrator

Blender

Modo

ZBrush

Marvelous Designer

Keyshot

DAZ Studio

Poser

Productions

- Movie
  Project Hail Mary
- Year
  2026
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lord Miller Productions / Pascal Pictures / Sony Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Video Game
  Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Retro Studios / Nintendo
- Video Game
  Star Wars: Beyond Victory
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Production Designer
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light & Magic / Meta
- Movie
  Alien Romulus
- Year
  2025
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  20th Century Studios / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  The Creator
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  20th Century Studios / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Allspark Pictures / Industrial Light & Magic
- Board & Card Games
  Star Wars: Unlimited
- Year
  2024
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Fantasy Flight Games
- TV Production
  Star Wars: Young jedi Adventures
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm Animation / Industrial Light and Magic
- Video Game
  Forspoken
- Year
  2023
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  VOLTA
- Movie
  Star Wars: Andor
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Prey
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light and Magic
- Music Video
  ABBA Voyage
- Year
  2022
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Industrial Light and Magic
- Video Game
  Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's Edge - Last Call
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Art Director / Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / ILMxLAB / Meta
- TV Production
  Loki
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Marvel Studios / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Chaos Walking
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lionsgate / Industrial Light and Magic
- TV Production
  La Brea
- Year
  2021
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  NBC / Industrial Light and Magic
- Video Game
  We Can Be Heroes
- Year
  2020
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Troublemaker Studios / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic / Bad Robot Productions
- Movie
  Terminator: Dark Fate
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Skydance / 20th Century Fox / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Ad Astra
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Art Director / Concept Artist
- Company
  20th Century Fox / Plan B Entertainment / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  The Lion King
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Walt Disney Studios / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Godzilla: King of the Monsters
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Legendary Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Video Game
  Star Wars: Millennium Falcon - Smuggler's Run
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Walt Disney Imagineering / ILMxLAB
- Video Game
  Vader Immortal : Episodes I, II, III - A Star Wars VR Series
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / ILMxLAB / Meta
- Movie
  Pokémon Detective Pikachu
- Year
  2019
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Legendary Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Bumblebee
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Allspark Pictures / Industrial Light & Magic
- Movie
  Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Illustrator / Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Pacific Rim: Uprising
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist / Jaeger Visual Development
- Company
  Legendary Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Ready Player One
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Welcome to Marwen
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Universal Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Monster Hunt 2
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Edko Films / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Wrinkle in Time
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Walt Disney Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Cloverfield Paradox
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Bad Robot Productions / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Asura (A Xiu Luo)
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Ningxia Film Group
- Movie
  Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Star Tours: The Adventures Continue - The Last Jedi
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Disneyland: Mission Space
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Walt Disney Imagineering / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Downsizing
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Transformers: The Last Knight
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Carne y Arena
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  ILMxLAB / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  The Mummy
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Iron Man Experience
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Imagineering / Industrial Light and Magic
- Board & Card Games
  Transformers Studio Series
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Hasbro
- Movie
  Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Silence
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Paramount Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  The Great Wall
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Universal Pictures / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Deepwater Horizon
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Summit Entertainment / Industrial Light and Magic
- Movie
  Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Lucasfilm / Industrial Light and Magic / Bad Robot Productions
- Movie
  Los Gatos (The Cats)
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Visual Development, Storyboarding, Background Artist
- Company
  Muv MX
- Video Game
  Gemini: Heroes Reborn
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Concept Artist
- Company
  Phosphor Studios
- Mobile Game
  The Hommies
- Year
  2015
- Role
  Illustrator
- Company
  Neverending Media

Experience

Art Director at Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco, United States of America
October 2021 - Present
www.ilm.com
Production Designer at ILM Immersive
US
March 2023 - November 2024
https://www.ilmimmersive.com/
Concept Artist at Retro Studios
United States of America
March 2022 - August 2022
https://www.retrostudios.com/
Freelance Concept Artist at VOLTA
March 2017 - August 2022
www.volta.ca
Freelance Illustrator at Fantasy Flight Games
October 2021 - February 2026
www.fantasyflightgames.com
Freelance Concept Artist at Parliament
United States of America
November 2021 - November 2021
Senior Concept Artist at Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco, United States of America
June 2018 - October 2021
www.ilm.com
Concept Artist at Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco
June 2015 - October 2018
www.ilm.com
Lead Concept Artist at Flamita Studios
Mexico city, Mexico
July 2014 - May 2015
Freelance Concept Artist at Phosphor Games
December 2014 - April 2015
Illustrator at Neverending Media
Mexico City, Mexico
January 2015 - April 2015
Freelance Concept Artist at Ningxia Film Group Co.
August 2014 - October 2014
Visual Development at Muv MX
Mexico City, Mexico
July 2013 - December 2014