Chris Jenkins (film producer)

Chris Jenkins
Born	Christopher Jenkins Rhondda, South Wales
Occupation	Film producer, Effects animator, Screenwriter
Years active	1989-Present

Christopher "Chris" Jenkins is a Welsh film producer, writer and effects animator who has worked at Disney and Sony. He is well known for co-writing and producing the computer-animated comedy Surf's Up. Jenkins currently serves as creative producer of animation at Blue Sky Studios.

Background and career

Christopher Jenkins was born and raised in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. He attended the Ton Pentre Junior School and later went to the Upper Rhondda Comprehensive School. He has a degree in scientific illustration from Middlesex University in England.

Jenkins started his career as a commercial artist at Duck Soup Studios 1990 to 1995. He spent most of his professional life at Walt Disney Pictures where he served as artistic coordinator on Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Before that, Jenkins was visual effects supervisor on The Hunchback of Notre Dame. He also was an effects animator on Hercules, The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for Touchstone Pictures.

Jenkins left Disney to work at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where he conceived the idea for Surf's Up. Jenkins had been attached to direct Hotel Transylvania before leaving the company

Jenkins is currently at Blue Sky Studios in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Filmography

• Rio (2011 - creative animation producer, uncredited)
• Surf's Up (2007 - Producer, Story & Screenplay)
• Open Season (2006 - Special Thanks)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001 - Artistic Coordinator)
• Hercules (1997 - Visual Effects Animator)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 - Visual Effects Supevisor)
• Pocahontas (1995 - Supervising Effects Animator/Designer: pre-production)
• The Lion King (1994 - Effects Animator)
• Trail Mix-Up (1993 - Special Effects Animator)
• Aladdin (1992 - Effects Animator)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991 - Effects Animator)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1990 - Effects Animator, Layout Artist)
• The Little Mermaid (1989 - Effects Animator)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988 - Effects Animator)

References

• "Q&A with Producer Chris Jenkins", Bill Desowitz, Surf's Up official site, 2007.
• "Chris Jenkins, Ash Brannon, and Chris Buck Are Creating Waves in Their New Film Surf's Up", June 6th, 2007, MovieWeb.com.
• "A wave of anticipation", Feb 21 2008, by Kathryn Williams, Rhondda Leader.
• "2008 Academy Award Nominee to Speak at New Lebanon Elementary School in Greenwich CT.", March 19, 2009 press release, PRWeb.

Persondata
Name	Jenkins, Chris
Alternative names	Christopher Jenkins
Short description	Film producer
Date of birth
Place of birth	Rhondda, South Wales
Date of death
Place of death