Chris Townsend

Chris grew up in the UK. As a young man he travelled to China and worked numerous odd jobs while exploring. His background in graphic design helped him land opportunities to work in creative ways doing motion graphics for television news. His boundless curiosity and wanderlust took him all over China, Singapore, Thailand, and even Australia. With passion, enthusiasm and dedication he eventually landed a job at Industrial Light & Magic where he worked for more than a decade as an artist and supervisor. Chris’ ILM credits include; Congo, Mission: Impossible, Daylight, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Ang Lee’s Hulk, AI, and The Island (to name just a few). In 2007 he left ILM to work with first time director and former ILM VFX Supervisor Eric Brevig on Journey to the Center of the Earth, the first ever stereoscopic motion picture shot and released digitally, Chris continued working as a freelancer on numerous films including; The Wolverine, Ninja Assassin, Percy Jackson and 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 as well as Captain Marvel. In 2015 he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by his alma mater, Coventry University. Chris’ enthusiasm for his work is self evident. His career continues to expand with his latest work as the Marvel VFX Supervisor on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings. It was great fun to catch up with Chris and hear about his amazing career.