Biography:Chris Watts

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Chris Watts
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Born (1965-06-16) June 16, 1965 (age 59)
Palm Springs, California, United States
OccupationPresident 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

  • Backstreet Boys – "Larger than Life" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Britney Spears – "Toxic" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Britney Spears – "Womanizer" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • D12 – "Purple Hills" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • DMX – "Who We Be" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • DMX "X Gon' Give It to Ya" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Eminem – "We Made You" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Enrique Iglesias – "Hero" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Fiona Apple – "Across the Universe" (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
  • Garbage – "Cherry Lips" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Katy Perry – "Waking Up in Vegas" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • The Offspring – "Can't Get My Head Around You" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Papa Roach – "Between Angels and Insects" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • The Pussycat Dolls – "I Hate This Part" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • U2 – "Stuck in a Moment" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • U2 "Elevation" (directed by Joseph Kahn)
  • Wu Tang Clan – "Gravel Pit" (directed by Joseph Kahn)

Commercials

  • 2004 – Coca-Cola x World of Warcraft x S.H.E
  • 2005 – Sherwin-Williams Company
  • 2008 – Clear
  • 2008 – Sears
  • 2009 – Deichmann Shoes
  • 2009 – PokerStars (post-supervision; cameo)

Awards and nominations

  • 2001 – MTV Video Music Awards/(VMAs) – Best Visual Effects in U2's "Elevation" (nominated)
  • 2004 – Visual Effects Society – Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video for Britney Spears' "Toxic" (won)[5]
  • 2007 – Satellite Award – Best Visual Effects for 300 (2006) (won)[6]
  • 2008 – Visual Effects Society – Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in 300 (2006) (nominated)[7]
  • 2008 – Saturn Award – Best Special Effects in 300 (2006) (nominated)

Publications

Press

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

References

External links