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Biography
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).
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. 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
| Year | Film | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 Post-production | Horns | 2nd unit visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2014 Pre-production | Akira | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2014 Post-production | Gravity | Visual Effects Consultant |
| 2012 Pre-production | Paradise Lost | Visual Effects Consultant |
| 2011 | Detention | Visual Effects Supervisor, Music Licensing Contract Administrator |
| 2010 | Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove | Visual Effects Consultant |
| 2009 | Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX) | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | Case 39 | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | Tales of the Black Freighter | Production Designer |
| 2008 | Disaster Movie | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2008 | Street Kings | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2007 | Meet Bill | Visual Effects Supervisor, Compositor |
| 2006 | 300 (IMAX) | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2005 | The Fog | Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx |
| 2005 | Venom | Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx |
| 2005 | Corpse Bride | Visual Effects Consultant |
| 2004 | Fat Albert | Digital Artist |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Digital Artist |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Compositor |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2002 | American Icarus | Visual Effects Consultant |
| 2002 | Kung Pow! Enter the Fist | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2000 | Magicians | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1999 | The Insider | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1998 | Pleasantville | Visual Effects Supervisor |
Short films
- Five Shorts (2000) Co-Writer and Producer (directed by Billy Kent)
- In the Wall (2007) Visual Effects Supervisor
Music videos
- Britney Spears "Toxic" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Britney Spears "Womanizer" directed by Joseph Kahn
- The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part" directed by Joseph Kahn
- The Offspring "Can't Get My Head Around You" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Garbage "Cherry Lips" directed by Joseph Kahn
- DMX "Who We Be" directed by Joseph Kahn
- DMX "X Gon' Give It to Ya" directed by Joseph Kahn
- U2 "Stuck in a Moment" directed by Joseph Kahn
- U2 "Elevation" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Enrique Iglesias "Hero" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Wu Tang Clan "Gravel Pit" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Papa Roach "Between Angels and Insects" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Fiona Apple "Across the Universe" directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
- Backstreet Boys "Larger than Life" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Eminem "We Made You" directed by Joseph Kahn
- D12 "Purple Hills" directed by Joseph Kahn
- Katy Perry "Waking Up in Vegas" directed by Joseph Kahn
Commercials
- 2009 PokerStars, Post-supervision, cameo
- 2009 DEICHMANN SHOES
- 2008 Sears
- 2008 CLEAR SHAMPOO
- 2005 Sherwin-Williams Company
- 2004 Coca-Cola x World of Warcraft x S.H.E.
Awards and nominations
- 2008 Saturn Award Nominated for Best Special Effects in 300 (2006)
- 2008 Visual Effects Society Nominated for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in 300 (2006)
- 2007 Satellite Award Won Best Visual Effects for 300 (2006)
- 2004 Visual Effects Society Won Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video for Britney Spears' Toxic
- 2001 MTV Video Music Awards/(VMAs) Nominated for Best Visual Effects in U2's Elevation
Publications
- 2011 Eurographics, Comprehensive Facial Performance Capture
Press
- What to Expect at FMX by Studio Daily