In contrast to the information we can easily find on the creation of Disneyland Paris, it seems next to impossible to find similar information for this park and actually Hong Kong? Does anyone have good links or knowledge?
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Which Imagineers Designed which Lands at Shanghai Disneyland?
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RandySavage
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^A good way to find very large lists of the people who worked on the parks is to look for the TEA Award programs for the years the projects won TEA awards (typically the year following their opening), on Issu or google.
Shanghai was mainly Gen III WDI who are not known among fans the way Gen II are.
Some key Shanghai designers off the top of my head:
Bob Weis, Lead Executive Designer: an architect who led the design of Disney-MGM Studios at a young age. SDL got him promoted to head of WDI.
Luc Mayrand, Treasure Cove Lead Designer: He's a very good illustrator who's work on PotC: Battle for Treasure got him promoted to head of WDI-Asia (Joe Lanzisero's formerly-held title; he's out).
Scot Drake, Tomorrowland Lead Designer: He generously posts a lot of artwork on his personal site and is now head of WDI's Marvel Portfolio.
I'd be curious about who was the lead of SDL Fantasyland or Gardens of Imagination. Douglas Rogers - who designed the look of Tangled's tower and other environments in the movie - as well as HKDL's new castle - was the originator of Shanghai's Storybook Castle (he likes onion domes).
Chris Turner is the prolific WDI artist whose illustrations/storyboards have been published online and in books alot in last decade... he seems to work on every major project. http://christurnerart.com/
Chris Merritt, another gifted illustrator, worked on Mickey Ave.
David Damron & Stephan Martiniere are brilliant outside concept illustrators who were contracted to visualize Adventure Isle, Mickey Ave & Treasure Cove. There were many contracted third party designers/firms (often ex-WDI) that had input on SDL.
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Hong Kong was mainly designed by Gen II greats, often associated with Disneyland Paris, such as Tom Morris (overall lead), Tim Delaney (Tomorrowland lead), Skip Lange (Adventureland lead) and Ahmad Jafari (architect) - all now retired from WDI.
Shanghai was mainly Gen III WDI who are not known among fans the way Gen II are.
Some key Shanghai designers off the top of my head:
Bob Weis, Lead Executive Designer: an architect who led the design of Disney-MGM Studios at a young age. SDL got him promoted to head of WDI.
Luc Mayrand, Treasure Cove Lead Designer: He's a very good illustrator who's work on PotC: Battle for Treasure got him promoted to head of WDI-Asia (Joe Lanzisero's formerly-held title; he's out).
Scot Drake, Tomorrowland Lead Designer: He generously posts a lot of artwork on his personal site and is now head of WDI's Marvel Portfolio.
I'd be curious about who was the lead of SDL Fantasyland or Gardens of Imagination. Douglas Rogers - who designed the look of Tangled's tower and other environments in the movie - as well as HKDL's new castle - was the originator of Shanghai's Storybook Castle (he likes onion domes).
Chris Turner is the prolific WDI artist whose illustrations/storyboards have been published online and in books alot in last decade... he seems to work on every major project. http://christurnerart.com/
Chris Merritt, another gifted illustrator, worked on Mickey Ave.
David Damron & Stephan Martiniere are brilliant outside concept illustrators who were contracted to visualize Adventure Isle, Mickey Ave & Treasure Cove. There were many contracted third party designers/firms (often ex-WDI) that had input on SDL.
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Hong Kong was mainly designed by Gen II greats, often associated with Disneyland Paris, such as Tom Morris (overall lead), Tim Delaney (Tomorrowland lead), Skip Lange (Adventureland lead) and Ahmad Jafari (architect) - all now retired from WDI.
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lazyboy97o
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The TEA website is probably an easier place to start. Unfortunately Shanghai Disneyland’s credits list does not include specific projects.
Thea Awards Program
Published annually in co-ordination with TEA's Thea Awards and Summit, the Thea Awards Program contains full descriptions of each awarded project and person from that year's slate of recipients, comprehensive credits lists for each, and a program for the Thea Awards Gala. The printed program...
www.teaconnect.org
lazyboy97o
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Nancy Seruto, producer for Treasure Cove, is the latest recipient of the Buzz Price Lifetime Achievement Award.
Thea Awards Digital Case Studies report - Session 1: Nancy Seruto
"A touching celebration of an industry leader, in an innovative format during challenging times," was the apt summary of an attendee to the first-ever Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Thea Awards Digital Case Studies session, honoring Nancy Seruto on August 6, 2020. #TEAtheas
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montydysquith-navarro
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If my understanding of her LinkedIn is correct, Doris Woodward (featured in Episode 6 of The Imagineering Story) was in charge of the Gardens of Imagination. She does talk about it in the episode specifically, so I'm assuming she was the lead producer for that area.