Christopher Townsend
Christopher Townsend is a visual effects supervisor. He has worked in the visual effects industry for nearly 30 years. For over a decade, he was an artist and supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, and in 2007 became a freelance visual effects supervisor. He worked on Journey to the Center of the Earth, the first ever stereoscopic motion picture shot and released digitally, The Wolverine, Ninja Assassin, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, and Captain America: The First Avenger. He was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for his work on Iron Man 3, oversaw nearly 3000 shots on Avengers: Age of Ultron and was the overall supervisor for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, for which he received his second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He was the overall Production VFX Supervisor on Captain Marvel, and following that, for his work on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was once again nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. For his first foray into television and streaming, in 2024, he was nominated for an Emmy for his overall VFX Supervising on the second season of the Disney+ show Loki.
In 2015, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by his alma mater, Coventry University.
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In 2015, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by his alma mater, Coventry University.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Townsend, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
影视作品
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 · as Self - Visual Effects Supervisor / Second Unit Director |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled · as Self |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2026 | Avengers: Doomsday · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2021 | Loki · as Second Unit Director |
| 2021 | Loki · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2017 | Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | Ninja Assassin · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 2008 | Journey to the Center of the Earth · as Visual Effects Supervisor |
| 1995 | Congo · as Cg Artist |