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Christopher Townsend is a
visual effects supervisor. He has worked in the visual effects industry for over 20 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.
[1] 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,
[2]
[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.
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1970s | |
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1990s |
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Stan Winston (1991)
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Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., and Alec Gillis (1992)
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Dennis Muren,
Stan Winston,
Phil Tippett, and
Michael Lantieri (1993)
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John Bruno (1994)
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Stan Parks (1995)
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Volker Engel,
Clay Pinney,
Douglas Smith, and
Joe Viskocil (1996)
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Phil Tippett,
Scott E. Anderson, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr.,
John Richardson (1997)
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Volker Engel,
Patrick Tatopoulos,
Karen E. Goulekas, and
Clay Pinney (1998)
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Rob Coleman,
John Knoll,
Dennis Muren, and
Scott Squires (1999)
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2000s |
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Scott E. Anderson,
Craig Hayes,
Scott Stokdyk, and
Stan Parks (2000)
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Dennis Muren,
Scott Farrar,
Stan Winston,
Michael Lantieri (2001)
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Rob Coleman,
Pablo Helman,
John Knoll, and
Ben Snow (2002)
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Jim Rygiel,
Joe Letteri,
Randall William Cook, and
Alex Funke (2003)
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John Dykstra,
Scott Stokdyk,
Anthony LaMolinara, and
John Frazier (2004)
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Joe Letteri,
Richard Taylor,
Christian Rivers, and
Brian Van't Hul (2005)
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John Knoll,
Hal T. Hickel,
Charles Gibson, and
Allen Hall (2006)
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Scott Farrar,
Scott Benza,
Russell Earl, and
John Frazier (2007)
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Nick Davis,
Chris Corbould,
Timothy Webber, and
Paul J. Franklin (2008)
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Joe Letteri,
Stephen Rosenbaum,
Richard Baneham, and
Andrew R. Jones (2009)
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2010s |
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Chris Corbould,
Andrew Lockley,
Paul J. Franklin, and
Peter Bebb (2010)
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Dan Lemmon,
Joe Letteri,
R. Christopher White, and
Daniel Barrett (2011)
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Janek Sirrs,
Jeff White,
Guy Williams, and
Dan Sudick (2012)
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Tim Webber,
Chris Lawrence,
Dave Shirk, and
Neil Corbould (2013)
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Paul J. Franklin,
Andrew Lockley,
Ian Hunter, and
Scott R. Fisher (2014)
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Roger Guyett,
Patrick Tubach,
Neal Scanlan, and
Chris Corbould (2015)
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John Knoll,
Mohen Leo,
Hal Hickel, and
Neil Corbould (2016)
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Christopher Townsend,
Guy Williams,
Jonathan Fawkner, and
Dan Sudick (2017)
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Dan DeLeeuw,
Matt Aitken,
Russell Earl, and
Dan Sudick (2018/19)
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Roger Guyett,
Neal Scanlan,
Patrick Tubach, and Dominic Tuohy (2019/20)
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Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year. |