I. Introduction
Peter Chung is a Korean American animator. He is best known for his unique style of animation, as the creator and director of Æon Flux and Reign: The Conqueror (Alexander Senki).
II. Career
Peter Chung was born on April 19, 1961. Since his father was in the foreign service of the Republic of Korea, he has lived in Seoul, London, Nairobi, Washington, D.C., New York and Tunis. His parents then immigrated to the United States; he lived in McLean, Virginia. Chung studied animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) from 1979 to 1981, one year at the Character Animation program, and another year in the program in Experimental Animation.
Chung started his animation career at a small animation studio in Maryland at age 18, working for animator and illustrator Salvador Bru. From there at age 19 he was designing characters for Hanna-Barbera. About this time he also started working on the layout and animation on Ralph Bakshi's Fire and Ice before being hired by Disney for feature development.
In addition to Æon Flux (3 seasons: 1991, 1992, 1995), Chung's directing credits include the Matriculated segment from The Animatrix, and The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. Chung served as lead character designer for the animated series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), C.O.P.S. (1988) Phantom 2040 (1994–1996) and Reign: The Conqueror (1999). The designs feature lean angular characters inspired by the art of Egon Schiele, a look which has become Chung's trademark character design. He also, along with Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo, co-designed the characters in the Nickelodeon series Rugrats, and co-directed its pilot, "Tommy Pickles and The Great White Thing" and the opening sequence. In addition, in 2007 he directed the opening three-part episode for GameTaps' Revisioned: Tomb Raider, entitled "Keys to the Kingdom".
He has also directed some television advertisements – available at Peter Chung at Acme Filmworks – including a Diet Pepsi advertisement featuring Cindy Crawford and Malcolm McDowell.
As of 2009, among other unannounced projects, he was working on a full-length animated feature entitled Luvula. He is also director of the television adaption of Firebreather for Cartoon Network. Chung has also expressed interest in creating a new direct-to-video animated feature of Æon Flux.
Chung currently teaches a Master Class at the Division of Animation and Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts since Spring 2013.
III. Filmography
| Year | Poster | Title |
| 1983 | Fire and Ice | |
| 1984 | The Transformers | |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie | |
| 1987 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
| 1988 | C.O.P.S. | |
| 1989 | Ring Raiders | |
| 1991 | Rugrats | |
| 1994 | Phantom 2040 | |
| 1995 | Æon Flux | |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | |
| 1999 | Alexander Senki | |
| 2000 | Party 7 | |
| 2003 | The Animatrix | |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury | |
| 2007 | Revisioned: Tomb Raider | |
| 2010 | Firebreather | |
| 2012 | Diablo III: Wrath | |
| 2019 | Victor & Valentino |
