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Chris Dawson(I)

  • Visual Effects
  • Actor
  • Special Effects
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Began working as a Visual Effects Production Assistant in 1985 while still attending college at the Univerity of Southern California, School of Fine Arts. Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting and Photography) degree in 1988. Experience is diverse in traditional VFX techniques as well as digital 2d and 3d applications. Worked at various Visual Effects facilities (staff and freelance)including Praxis Filmworks (freelance 1985-1990), Title House (staff 1988), Introvision (freelance 1989-1990, staff 1992-1993), Digital Domain (staff: 1993-1997, freelance currently), Warner Brothers Feature Animation Visual Effects (freelance 2002-2005) and Flash Filmworks (freelance 2005 - current). Works as Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Compositor, Digital effects artist and 3d animator. Enjoys Karate and Aido. Enjoys and cooks Japanese cuisine. Enjoys and cooks good-ole-down-home Southern cooking too. Speaks some Japanese and French.
BornJune 20, 1965
BornJune 20, 1965
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Known for

Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
Armageddon
6.7
  • Visual Effects(visual effects shoot crew)
  • 1998
Alex Pettyfer in I Am Number Four (2011)
I Am Number Four
6.1
  • Visual Effects
  • 2011
Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)
The Tomorrow War
6.5
  • Visual Effects(Connect)
  • 2021
Harrison Ford, Jared Leto, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas in Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049
8.0
  • Visual Effects
  • 2017

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Chris Evans and Ana de Armas in Ghosted (2023)
    Ghosted
    • digital compositor
    • 2023
  • Nicolas Cage and Nicholas Hoult in Renfield (2023)
    Renfield
    • compositor: Connect VFX (uncredited)
    • 2023
  • Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Amy Adams, Idina Menzel, Maya Rudolph, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jayma Mays, Griffin Newman, and Gabriella Baldacchino in Disenchanted (2022)
    Disenchanted
    • digital compositor
    • 2022
  • Idris Elba, Iyana Halley, and Leah Jeffries in Beast (2022)
    Beast
    • Visualisation Artist: The Third Floor
    • 2022
  • Donna D'Errico, Johnathon Schaech, Kevin Dillon, Sean Patrick Flanery, Billy Budinich, and Caylee Cowan in Frank and Penelope (2022)
    Frank and Penelope
    • visual effects artist
    • 2022
  • Paul Giamatti, Dwayne Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Edgar Ramírez, Emily Blunt, and Jack Whitehall in Jungle Cruise (2021)
    Jungle Cruise
    • postvis compositor
    • 2021
  • Chris Pratt and Yvonne Strahovski in The Tomorrow War (2021)
    The Tomorrow War
    • compositing supervisor: Connect
    • 2021
  • The Right Stuff (2020)
    The Right Stuff
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • John Malkovich, Steve Carell, Don Lake, Ben Schwartz, Jimmy O. Yang, Tawny Newsome, and Diana Silvers in Space Force (2020)
    Space Force
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Dominic Purcell, Olivia Swann, Shayan Sobhian, Nick Zano, Matt Ryan, Adam Tsekhman, Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, and Lisseth Chavez in DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
    DC's Legends of Tomorrow
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Marc Evan Jackson, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, Jameela Jamil, and D'Arcy Carden in The Good Place (2016)
    The Good Place
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Natalie Portman and Mehdi Taleghani in Lucy in the Sky (2019)
    Lucy in the Sky
    • digital compositor
    • 2019
  • Dan Stevens in Legion (2017)
    Legion
    • visual effects artist
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Brit Marling in The OA (2016)
    The OA
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Neil Patrick Harris, Tony Hale, Lucy Punch, Patrick Warburton, Allison Williams, Malina Pauli Weissman, Kitana Turnbull, Louis Hynes, and Presley Smith in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
    A Series of Unfortunate Events
    • digital compositor
    • TV Series
    • 2019

Actor

  • Adam West and Burt Ward in Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003)
    Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt
    • Reporter (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989)
    Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North
    • Naval Officer (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 1989

Special Effects

  • Sunflower (2004)
    Sunflower
    • special effects cinematographer
    • 2004
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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Christopher Dray Dawson
  • Born
    • June 20, 1965
    • Hollywood, California, USA

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  • Trivia
    Can be seen at the end of the movie "Jimmy Hollywood" as one of the Introvision camera technicians.
  • Quotes
    If it CAN get stupid, it WILL get stupid.
  • Nickname
    • Dray

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