Douglas Juhn

Douglas Hyunsuk Juhn passed away peacefully on January 11th, 2025, in Los Angeles after bravely facing a prolonged illness. He was 56.

Doug was an art director, designer, and director. His incredible creative output ranged from feature films to directing commercials to designing cars and environments. He lived and breathed a creative life both professionally and personally. He was an explorer of both himself and the world at large. He was a gifted conversationalist, and undeniably funny.

Doug was born in New Orleans, La. and attended Country Day School. In 1991 he earned his degree in Transportation Design from the Art Center College of Design where he also taught for a couple of years after graduation. He began his career designing motorcycles at Honda R&D from 1991-1994. He then switched gears towards the entertainment field working in various capacities including Lead Concept Designer at DreamWorks! and Sega GameWorks!; Commercial Director for Leo Burnett and BBDO; and as Visual Effects Art Director/Director/Concept Designer at Rhythm and Hues (R&H) where he worked on various films including Superman Returns, Chronicles of Riddick, Sum of all Fears, and as Doug liked to joke, most of Ben Affleck’s movies, where he made him look good. Doug held the world record for watching Aliens, a film he enjoyed and deeply admired.

He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel Juhn Sr., and his beloved dog, Max, who was his best buddy.

Doug is survived by his Marcia Ockhyung Juhn (mother), Daniel Juhn (brother), Angela Kirkman (sister-in-law), Sophia Juhn (niece), and Oliver Juhn (nephew) who both loved their “Uncle Ducky”

The funeral service will be held on Saturday, February 8th at 9:00 am, 2025 at the Old North Church at Forest Lawn Cemetery – Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, CA. (entrance at 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90068). The service will be followed by a reception at the Hilton Hotel Universal City.

For those who cannot attend personally, this livestream link for the virtual access will be available at 8:55 am on Feb 8, 2025 here:

In lieu of flowers, Doug’s family suggests contributions be made to a scholarship fund at Doug’s alma mater, ArtCenter College of Design. To make a gift in honor of Doug to the Strother MacMinn Endowed Scholarship please follow the instructions below. 

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Click here to make a gift to ArtCenter in honor of Doug.  Please fill out the form and be sure to select the following in the two fields listed below.

Direct my gift to: Select Strother MacMinn Endowed Scholarship which is located under the heading of Tribute Funds.

Tribute Gift: Select the box that states yes, this is an honor or memorial gift. Select in memory of as the Honor Gift Type and fill in Doug Juhn accordingly.

If you need assistance making your gift, please contact Natalie Farrow by email at natalie.farrow@artcenter.edu or by phone at 626.437.1221. We thank you for your generosity in honor of Doug and in support of the next generation of ArtCenter Transportation Design students.