Chris Lawrence (special effects artist)

Chris Lawrence (* 20th century ) is a British VFX Supervisor , the 2014 Gravity the Oscar in the category Best Visual Effects received.

Life

He grew up in London and studied mechanical engineering at University College London . In 2002 he started working for the visual effects company Framestore . There he was involved in films such as Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Resident Evil and Troy . In 2007 he moved briefly to Pixar Animation Studios , but came back to Framestore after completing the film WALL · E - The last one clears the earth .

In 2013, he and his girlfriend Lorna Paterson , who also works for Framestore, moved from London to the new Framstore office in Montreal. In 2014, he and Tim Webber , Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould received the Oscar for Gravity in the category Best Visual Effects .

Filmography

• 2002: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• 2002: Resident Evil
• 2004: Troy (Troy)
• 2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• 2005: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• 2006: Superman Returns
• 2007: Ratatouille
• 2008: WALL E - The last one cleans up the earth (WALL E)
• 2009: Drop
• 2010: Nanny McPhee - all of a sudden in a new adventure (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang)
• 2010: Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time
• 2013: Gravity
• 2014: Edge of Tomorrow

Web links

• Chris Lawrence in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Montreal-based visual effects expert gets Oscar nomination for 'Gravity'. January 16, 2014, accessed January 10, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Short biography of Chris Lawrence. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2014 ; accessed on January 10, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Sessions taught by Masters in video games, visual effects and animation. Retrieved January 10, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Image from the Academy Awards of Chris Lawrence and his girlfriend Lorna Paterson. Retrieved January 10, 2015 .