Chris Watts (visual effects artist)
Chris Watts, 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.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 film 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.
He later went on supervising the 2009 fantasy film Where the Wild Things Are.
Filmography
Short films
Five Shorts – co-writer and producer In the Wall – Visual effects supervisorMusic videos
- Backstreet Boys – "Larger than Life"
- Britney Spears – "Toxic"
- Britney Spears – "Womanizer"
- D12 – "Purple Hills"
- DMX – "Who We Be"
- DMX "X Gon' Give It to Ya"
- Eminem – "We Made You"
- Enrique Iglesias – "Hero"
- Fiona Apple – "Across the Universe"
- Garbage – "Cherry Lips"
- Katy Perry – "Waking Up in Vegas"
- The Offspring – "Can't Get My Head Around You"
- Papa Roach – "Between Angels and Insects"
- The Pussycat Dolls – "I Hate This Part"
- U2 – "Stuck in a Moment"
- U2 "Elevation"
- Wu Tang Clan – "Gravel Pit"
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
Awards and nominations
- 2001 – MTV Video Music Awards/(VMAs) – Best Visual Effects in U2's "Elevation"
- 2004 – Visual Effects Society – Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video for Britney Spears' "Toxic"
- 2007 – Satellite Award – Best Visual Effects for 300
- 2008 – Visual Effects Society – Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in 300
- 2008 – Saturn Award – Best Special Effects in ''300''
Publications
- 2011 – Eurographics, Comprehensive Facial Performance Capture
Press
- What to Expect at FMX by Studio Daily