Chris Watts

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).

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 Year Film Credit 1996 Matilda Visual effects supervisor 1997 Gattaca Visual effects supervisor 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) In the Wall (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) 2007 – Satellite Award – Best Visual Effects for 300 (2006) (won) 2008 – Visual Effects Society – Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in 300 (2006) (nominated) 2008 – Saturn Award – Best Special Effects in 300 (2006) (nominated)

Publications 2011 – Eurographics, Comprehensive Facial Performance Capture

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