Chris Watts

Chris Watts
Born (1965-06-16) June 16, 1965
Palm Springs, California, United States
Occupation President of Bake Visual Effects Inc.,
Visual Effects Supervisor
Years active 1985–present
Awards Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects
VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video
Website Bake VFX

Chris Watts (born June 16, 1965), is an American inventor, businessman, award winning filmmaker and Visual Effects Supervisor.

Biography

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

Later in 2004, he also pioneered the use of digital still cameras as a high resolution replacement for film cameras on Tim Burton's stop motion animated movie The 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 miniseries.

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

Filmography

YearFilmCredit
2013Horns2nd unit visual Effects Supervisor
2014 Pre-productionAkiraVisual Effects Supervisor
2013GravityVisual Effects Consultant
2012 Pre-productionParadise LostVisual Effects Consultant
2011DetentionVisual Effects Supervisor, Music Licensing Contract Administrator
2010Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's CoveVisual Effects Consultant
2009Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX)Visual Effects Supervisor
2009Case 39Visual Effects Supervisor
2009Tales of the Black FreighterProduction Designer
2008Disaster MovieVisual Effects Supervisor
2008Street KingsVisual Effects Supervisor
2007Meet BillVisual Effects Supervisor, Compositor
2006300 (IMAX)Visual Effects Supervisor
2005The FogVisual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2005VenomVisual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2005Corpse BrideVisual Effects Consultant
2004Fat AlbertDigital Artist
2004The SpongeBob SquarePants MovieDigital Artist
2004Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanCompositor
2004The Day After TomorrowVisual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2003Looney Tunes: Back in ActionVisual Effects Supervisor
2002American IcarusVisual Effects Consultant
2002Kung Pow! Enter the FistVisual Effects Supervisor
2000MagiciansVisual Effects Supervisor
1999The InsiderVisual Effects Supervisor
1998PleasantvilleVisual Effects Supervisor

Short films

Music videos

Commercials

Awards and nominations

Publications

Press

References

  1. ↑ http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/people/visions/Peter-Doyle-and-the-Joy-of-Grading_4501.html
  2. ↑ Watts, Chris. "Biography for Chris Watts". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  3. ↑ "6th Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  4. ↑ "2007 12th Annual SATELLITE Awards". International Press Academy. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "3rd Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  6. ↑ http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/CFPC/
  7. ↑ http://kesen.realtimerendering.com/eg2011Papers.htm
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