Chris Watts

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Chris Watts
Born (1965-06-16) June 16, 1965 (age 58)
Occupation(s)President of bake visual effects inc.,
visual effects supervisor, filmmaker
Years active1985–present
AwardsSatellite Award for Best Visual Effects
VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video
WebsiteBake VFX

Chris Watts (born June 16, 1965), is an American inventor, businessman, filmmaker, and visual effects supervisor.

Biography

Currently president of Bake Visual Effects, Inc. located in Los Angeles, California, Watts began his film career with Dream Quest Images in 1989. Watts originated and implemented the digital intermediate process in 1995 when filming the New Line Cinema feature Pleasantville (1998).[1]

Later in 2004, he pioneered the use of digital still cameras as a high resolution replacement for film cameras on Tim Burton's stop motion animated movie Corpse Bride.[2] Watts gained wide recognition with the 2007 box office hit 300, a Warner Bros. action film adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by writer-artist Frank Miller of Dark Horse Comics.

He later went on supervising the 2009 fantasy film Where the Wild Things Are.

Filmography

Year Film Credit
1998 Pleasantville Visual effects supervisor
1999 The Insider Visual effects supervisor
2000 Magicians Visual effects supervisor
2002 Kung Pow! Enter the Fist Visual effects supervisor
2002 American Icarus Visual effects consultant
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Visual effects supervisor
2004 The Day After Tomorrow Visual effects supervisor at Hydraulx
2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Compositor
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Digital artist
2004 Fat Albert Digital artist
2005 Corpse Bride Visual effects consultant
2005 Venom Visual effects supervisor at Hydraulx
2005 The Fog Visual effects supervisor at Hydraulx
2006 300 (IMAX) Visual effects supervisor
2007 Meet Bill Visual effects supervisor, compositor
2008 Street Kings Visual effects supervisor
2008 Disaster Movie Visual effects supervisor
2009 Tales of the Black Freighter Production designer
2009 Case 39 Visual effects supervisor
2009 Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX) Visual effects supervisor
2010 Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove Visual effects consultant
2011 Detention Visual effects supervisor, music licensing contract administrator
2013 Gravity Visual effects consultant
2013 Horns 2nd unit visual effects supervisor
TBA Akira Visual effects supervisor
TBA Paradise Lost Visual effects consultant

Short films

  • Five Shorts (2000) – co-writer and producer (directed by Billy Kent)[3]
  • In the Wall[4] (2007) – Visual effects supervisor

Music videos

Commercials

Awards and nominations

Publications

Press

  • What to Expect at FMX by Studio Daily[9]

References

  1. ^ "Peter Doyle and the Joy of Grading". August 1, 2005.
  2. ^ Watts, Chris. "Biography for Chris Watts". IMDb. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "Billy Kent". IMDb.
  4. ^ "In the Wall". IMDb.
  5. ^ "3rd Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  6. ^ "2007 12th Annual SATELLITE Awards". International Press Academy. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  7. ^ "6th Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
  8. ^ "Eurographics 2011 Papers". kesen.realtimerendering.com.
  9. ^ "What to Expect at FMX". April 24, 2008.

External links

Media related to Chris Watts at Wikimedia Commons