Milton Quon

Milton Quon was born on August 22, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is known for his work on Speed (1994), Sweet Jane (1998) and Chill Factor (1989). He was married to Peggy Wong. He died on June 18, 2019 in Torrance, California.

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Speed

When a young Los Angeles police department, Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T.) officer called Jack Traven angers retired Atlanta police department bomb squad member Howard Payne, by foiling his attempt at taking hostages stuck in an elevator with a bomb, Payne in retaliation arms a bus with a bomb that…

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After World War II he returned to Disney and ran its publicity/promotions department, doing promo artwork for films including the 1946 releases Make Mine Music and Song of the South.

In 1951, Quon joined the advertising agency BBD&O as the first Chinese-American art director at a national advertising agency, then served as senior design artist at Sealright Co., a large packaging firm, from 1964 until his retirement in 1980.

Hhe received the Golden Spike Award from the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California in 2013.

He was one of five artists featured in " 'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles"" at the Vincent Price Art Museum in Monterey Park

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