---
name: "Doug Chiang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-chiang"
fi1m_id: "doug-chiang"
imdb_id: "nm0156956"
tmdb_id: 23782
wikidata_id: "Q4804067"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 February 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T11:27:33.924086+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Doug Chiang

## Identity

Doug Chiang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-chiang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-chiang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0156956
- **TMDB ID:** 23782
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4804067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Chiang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23782

Producer. Born 16 February 1962 in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 February 1962, Taipei, Taiwan
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 1 producing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Dave Filoni](https://film.one/person/dave-filoni.md), [Jon Favreau](https://film.one/person/jon-favreau.md), [Kathleen Kennedy](https://film.one/person/kathleen-kennedy.md), [Noah Kloor](https://film.one/person/noah-kloor.md), [Pedro Pascal](https://film.one/person/pedro-pascal.md), [Robert Zemeckis](https://film.one/person/robert-zemeckis.md), [Steve Starkey](https://film.one/person/steve-starkey.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 54 (2), 2010s 73 (2), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Chiang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0156956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23782

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Mandalorian*](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md) (76), [*Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md) (70), [*The Mandalorian and Grogu*](https://film.one/film/the-mandalorian-and-grogu.md) (58), [*A Christmas Carol*](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md) (50)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Doug Chiang is an American film designer and production designer. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he studied at the College for Creative Studies and UCLA before beginning his career as a stop-motion animator on Pee-wee's Playhouse. He joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1991 and was later selected by George Lucas to head the art department for Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002).

Chiang has served as production designer on Robert Zemeckis films including The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009). He returned to Lucasfilm in 2013 as vice president and executive creative director, overseeing design for the Star Wars franchise. His credits include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), The Mandalorian (2019–2023), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Pinocchio (2022) and The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026). He has received an Academy Award and BAFTA Awards for visual effects work on Death Becomes Her (1992) and Forrest Gump (1994).

*Sources: lucasfilm.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Mandalorian and Grogu* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Lieutenant Blick — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mandalorian-and-grogu.md)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Mandalorian* (2019), Fi1m 76, Production design, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)

### Crew (3)

- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Fi1m 70, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Fi1m 50, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Fi1m 58, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Mandalorian and Grogu* (2026), as Lieutenant Blick · Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mandalorian-and-grogu.md)
- *Star Wars: Skeleton Crew* (2024), series, Production Design
- *Ahsoka* (2023), series, Production Design
- *Pinocchio* (2022), Production Design
- *Obi-Wan Kenobi* (2022), series, Production Design, Co-Producer
- *The Book of Boba Fett* (2021), series, as Other
- *The Mandalorian* (2019), series, Co-Producer, Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mandalorian.md)
- *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rogue-one-a-star-wars-story.md)
- *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* (2015), Concept Artist — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens.md)
- *Mars Needs Moms* (2011), Production Design
- *A Christmas Carol* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/a-christmas-carol.md)
- *Beowulf* (2007), Production Design
- *The Polar Express* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999), as Flag Bearer (uncredited) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace.md)
- *Jumanji* (1995), Visual Effects Art Director
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ahsoka TV Series screening great panel in 2024 (28:40)](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-1388c72f71f0.jpg) Ahsoka TV Series screening great panel in 2024 (28:40) — The Imperial Communique, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Ahsoka_panel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Califo](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-25fcbb1c93fa.jpg) Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Califo — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Doug_Chiang_-_54709666072.jpg/1280px-Doug_Chiang_-_54709666072.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Califo](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-0917e07e9a7b.jpg) Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Califo — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Doug_Chiang_-_54710499501.jpg/1280px-Doug_Chiang_-_54710499501.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Doug Chiang](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-b348631da54d.jpg) Doug Chiang — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Doug_Chiang_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Doug_Chiang_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Doug Chiang](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-efdb3299665a.jpg) Doug Chiang — Image via TMDB
- ![George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego C](https://film.one/media/person/6737/gallery-e874a70cbffe.jpg) George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang speaking at the 2025 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Lucas Museum of Narrative Art", at the San Diego C — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/George_Lucas%2C_Guillermo_del_Toro_%26_Doug_Chiang_-_54710704573.jpg/1280px-George_Lucas%2C_Guillermo_del_Toro_%26_Doug_Chiang_-_54710704573.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1993: Best Visual Effects (won), for *Death Becomes Her*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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