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Christopher Townsend

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Christopher Townsend is a visual effects supervisor. He has worked in the visual effects industry for nearly 30 years. For over a decade, he was an artist and supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, and in 2007 he became a freelance visual effects supervisor. He worked on Journey to the Centre 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, oversaw nearly 3000 shots on Avengers: Age of Ultron, and was the overall supervisor for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, for which he received his second nomination for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He was the overall Production VFX Supervisor on Captain Marvel, and following that, for his work on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, he was once again nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. For his first foray into television and streaming, in 2024 he was nominated for an Emmy for his overall VFX supervision on the second season of the Disney+ show Loki.  In 2015, he was given an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree by his alma mater, Coventry University.

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Film Performances

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Film Production

CG Artist:
1995  Congo

CG Supervisor:
1995  Congo
2003  Hulk
2004  The Day After Tomorrow

Digital Supervisor:
1995  Congo
2003  Hulk
2004  The Day After Tomorrow
2005  The Island

Visual Effects Supervisor:
1995  Congo
2003  Hulk
2004  The Day After Tomorrow
2005  The Island
2008  Journey to the Center of the Earth
2009  Ninja Assassin
2009  X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2010  Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
2011  Captain America: The First Avenger
2013  Iron Man 3
2015  Avengers: Age of Ultron
2017  Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2019  Captain Marvel
2021  Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Second Unit Director:
2021  Loki

Visual Effects Supervisor:
2021  Loki

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