Chris Watts

Chris Watts
Born	June 16, 1965 (1965-06-16) (age 46) Palm Springs, California, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	President of Bake Visual Effects Inc., Visual Effects Supervisor
Years active	1985–Present
Spouse	Betsy Paterson (1999–2001) Joyce Wu (2006–2007)
Children	TC Watts Noelle Mckenzie Watts
Awards	Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video
Website
Bake VFX

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Chris Watts (born June 16, 1965), is an American inventor, businessman, award winning filmmaker and Visual Effects Supervisor. Currently the President of Bake Visual Effects, Inc. located in Los Angeles, California, he began his film career with Dream Quest Images in 1989. Watts originated, invented and implemented the Digital intermediate process in 1995 when filming the New Line Cinema feature, Pleasantville (1998).^[1] Later in 2004, he also pioneered the use of digital still cameras as a high resolution replacement for film cameras on Tim Burton's stop animation, The Corpse Bride.^[2] 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 miniseries. He later went on supervising the 2009 fantasy film, Where the Wild Things Are. Watts' innovations and research in the visual effects industry continue to revolutionize the movie production process and influence filmmaking today.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Film	Credit
2014 Pre-production	Akira	Visual Effects Supervisor
2014 Post-production	Gravity	Visual Effects Consultant
2012 Pre-production	Paradise Lost	Visual Effects Consultant
2011	Detention	Visual Effects Supervisor, Music Licensing Contract Administrator
2010	Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove	Visual Effects Consultant
2009	Where the Wild Things Are (IMAX)	Visual Effects Supervisor
2009	Case 39	Visual Effects Supervisor
2009	Tales of the Black Freighter	Production Designer
2008	Disaster Movie	Visual Effects Supervisor
2008	Street Kings	Visual Effects Supervisor
2007	Meet Bill	Visual Effects Supervisor, Compositor
2006	300 (IMAX)	Visual Effects Supervisor
2005	The Fog	Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2005	Venom	Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2005	Corpse Bride	Visual Effects Consultant
2004	Fat Albert	Digital Artist
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	Digital Artist
2004	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	Compositor
2004	The Day After Tomorrow	Visual Effects Supervisor at Hydraulx
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action	Visual Effects Supervisor
2002	American Icarus	Visual Effects Consultant
2002	Kung Pow! Enter the Fist	Visual Effects Supervisor
2000	Magicians	Visual Effects Supervisor
1999	The Insider	Visual Effects Supervisor
1998	Pleasantville	Visual Effects Supervisor

Short films

• Five Shorts (2000) Co-Writer and Producer (directed by Billy Kent)
• In the Wall (2007) Visual Effects Supervisor

Music videos

• Britney Spears "Toxic" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Britney Spears "Womanizer" directed by Joseph Kahn
• The Pussycat Dolls "I Hate This Part" directed by Joseph Kahn
• The Offspring "Can't Get My Head Around You" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Garbage "Cherry Lips" directed by Joseph Kahn
• DMX "Who We Be" directed by Joseph Kahn
• DMX "X Gon' Give It to Ya" directed by Joseph Kahn
• U2 "Stuck in a Moment" directed by Joseph Kahn
• U2 "Elevation" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Enrique Iglesias "Hero" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Wu Tang Clan "Gravel Pit" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Papa Roach "Between Angels and Insects" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Fiona Apple "Across the Universe" directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Backstreet Boys "Larger than Life" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Eminem "We Made You" directed by Joseph Kahn
• D12 "Purple Hills" directed by Joseph Kahn
• Katie Perry "Waking Up in Vegas" directed by Joseph Kahn

Commercials

• 2009 PokerStars, Post-supervision, cameo
• 2009 DEICHMANN SHOES
• 2008 Sears
• 2008 CLEAR SHAMPOO
• 2005 Sherwin-Williams Company
• 2004 Coca-Cola x World of Warcraft x S.H.E.

Awards and nominations

• 2008 Saturn Award Nominated for Best Special Effects in 300 (2006)
• 2008 Visual Effects Society Nominated for Best Single Visual Effect of the Year in 300 (2006)^[4]
• 2007 Satellite Award Won Best Visual Effects for 300 (2006)^[5]
• 2004 Visual Effects Society Won Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video for Britney Spears' Toxic^[6]
• 2001 MTV Video Music Awards/(VMAs) Nominated for Best Visual Effects in U2's Elevation

Publications

• 2011 Eurographics, Comprehensive Facial Performance Capture^[7][8]

Press

• What to Expect at FMX by Studio Daily

External links

• Bake Visual Effects, Inc. Official Website
• Chris Watts Official MySpace
• Chris Watts at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/people/visions/Peter-Doyle-and-the-Joy-of-Grading_4501.html
2. ^ Watts, Chris. "Biography for Chris Watts". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915121/bio. Retrieved 2010-07-07. 
3. ^ Goeske, Freddy. "The Digital Intermediate Process". Indie Producing. http://www.indieproducing.com/digital_tech_archives/intermediate.html. 
4. ^ "6th Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards/previous/6th-annual. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
5. ^ "2007 12th Annual SATELLITE Awards". International Press Academy. http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2007.shtml. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
6. ^ "3rd Annual VES Awards Nominees & Recipients". Visual Effects Society. http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ves-awards/previous/3rd-annual. Retrieved 14 July 2010. 
7. ^ http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/CFPC/
8. ^ http://kesen.realtimerendering.com/eg2011Papers.htm

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Name	Watts, Chris
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Date of birth	June 16, 1965
Place of birth	Palm Springs, California, United States
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