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Ian Chriss

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
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Ian Chriss was born on 26 March 1976 in Corvallis, Oregon, USA. Ian is known for Transformers (2007), Star Trek (2009) and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021).
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    Known for

    Peter Cullen, Josh Duhamel, Shia LaBeouf, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, and Megan Fox in Transformers (2007)
    Transformers
    7.1
    • Visual Effects(Kerner Optical)
    • 2007
    Star Trek (2009)
    Star Trek
    7.9
    • Visual Effects(Kerner Optical)
    • 2009
    Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    7.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department(second unit, San Francisco)
    • 2021
    Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
    Atlas
    5.6
    • Camera and Electrical Department(Cupertino)
    • 2024

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Ted Danson in A Man on the Inside (2024)
      A Man on the Inside
      7.7
      TV Series
      • dmx tech
      • dmx tech: San Francisco
      • 2024
    • Jennifer Lopez, Mark Strong, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, and Simu Liu in Atlas (2024)
      Atlas
      5.6
      • set lighting technician/local chief rigging technician: Cupertino
      • 2024
    • The Synanon Fix (2024)
      The Synanon Fix
      6.9
      TV Series
      • gaffer: Sonoma
      • 2024
    • Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (2023)
      Oppenheimer
      8.3
      • local chief lighting technician: UC Berkeley (uncredited)
      • 2023
    • Jennifer Garner in The Last Thing He Told Me (2023)
      The Last Thing He Told Me
      6.5
      TV Series
      • rigging electric gang boss: Sausalito
      • 2023
    • I'm a Virgo (2023)
      I'm a Virgo
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Rigging electric
      • 2023
    • Noel Barrett, John A. Buxton, Christopher R. Coover, Nancy Druckman, Alan Fausel, J. Michael Flanigan, Rudy Franchi, Leigh Keno, Simeon Lipman, Nicholas D. Lowry, Lark E. Mason Jr., Bruce M. Shackelford, Cecil Stoughton, Arlie Sulka, Francis J. Wahlgren, Mark L. Walberg, Todd Weyman, Stuart Whitehurst, Brian L. Witherell, David Lackey, William H. Guthman, Selby Kiffer, Timothy B. Gordon, Kevin Zavian, Lara Spencer, Philip Weiss, Gary Sohmers, Rafael Eledge, Tom Lecky, and James Supp in Antiques Roadshow (1997)
      Antiques Roadshow
      7.3
      TV Series
      • local best boy electric: Filoli
      • 2023
    • Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2012)
      Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
      8.6
      TV Series
      • grip
      • key grip
      • 2023
    • Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Surface (2022)
      Surface
      6.4
      TV Series
      • dmx tech: San Francisco
      • 2022
    • Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Thandiwe Newton, and Chris Pine in All the Old Knives (2022)
      All the Old Knives
      6.1
      • set lighting technician: California unit
      • 2022
    • Uma Thurman, Kyle Chandler, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Super Pumped (2022)
      Super Pumped
      7.3
      TV Series
      • best boy electric: San Francisco
      • 2022
    • Danny DeVito, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, and Glenn Howerton in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
      It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Grip: Bodega Bay
      • 2021
    • Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eréndira Ibarra, Jessica Henwick, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
      The Matrix Resurrections
      5.6
      • practical lighting supervisor: San Francisco
      • 2021
    • Don Johnson and Cheech Marin in Nash Bridges (2021)
      Nash Bridges
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • additional electrician
      • set lighting technician
      • 2021
    • Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
      Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
      7.3
      • set lighting technician: second unit, San Francisco
      • 2021

    Visual Effects

    • Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Keri Russell, J.J. Abrams, Lynn Robertson Bruce, Hassan Taj, Oscar Isaac, Brian Herring, Jimmy Vee, Dave Chapman, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Kelly Marie Tran, Robin Guiver, Daisy Ridley, Lee Towersey, Joonas Suotamo, and Naomi Ackie in Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
      Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
      6.4
      • visual effects key grip: ILM/32TEN Studios
      • 2019
    • Peter Bogdanovich, John Huston, and Susan Strasberg in The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
      The Other Side of the Wind
      6.7
      • key grip: VFX ILM/32 Ten Studios
      • 2018
    • Josh Peck, Chris Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Isabel Lucas, and Adrianne Palicki in Red Dawn (2012)
      Red Dawn
      5.3
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2012
    • Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski in Big Miracle (2012)
      Big Miracle
      6.5
      • best boy electric: Kerner Optical
      • 2012
    • Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig in Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
      Cowboys & Aliens
      6.0
      • visual effects best boy: Kerner Optical (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
      Transformers: Dark of the Moon
      6.2
      • visual effects electrician: Kerner Optical (uncredited)
      • 2011
    • Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Gemma Ward, and Fileena Bahris in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
      Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
      6.6
      • visual effects electrician: Kerner Optical
      • 2011
    • Paul Bettany in Priest (2011)
      Priest
      5.7
      • visual effects best boy electric: Kerner Optical
      • 2011
    • Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in The Other Guys (2010)
      The Other Guys
      6.7
      • visual effects electrician: Kerner Optical
      • 2010
    • Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher in Killers (2010)
      Killers
      5.5
      • visual effects electrician: Kerner Optical
      • 2010
    • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Mickey Rourke, and Scarlett Johansson in Iron Man 2 (2010)
      Iron Man 2
      6.9
      • visual effects best boy electric: Kerner Optical
      • 2010
    • Zoe Saldaña and Sam Worthington in Avatar (2009)
      Avatar
      7.9
      • visual effects electrician: Kerner Optical (uncredited)
      • 2009
    • Ha Ji-Won, Park Joong-hoon, Sul Kyung-gu, and Uhm Junghwa in Tidal Wave (2009)
      Tidal Wave
      5.5
      • visual effects gaffer
      • 2009
    • Hayden Panettiere and Paul Rust in I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
      I Love You, Beth Cooper
      5.3
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2009
    • Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
      Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
      7.6
      • visual effects key grip: Kerner Optical
      • 2009

    Additional Crew

    • Will Smith, Brian Howe, Thandiwe Newton, and Jaden Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
      The Pursuit of Happyness
      8.0
      • balloon light technician (uncredited)
      • 2006
    • Rent (2005)
      Rent
      6.8
      • balloon light technician
      • 2005

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • March 26, 1976
      • Corvallis, Oregon, USA
    • Other works
      In-House Rigging Gaffer/Key Grip for Restoration Hardware (RH). Web and Print Photography Catalogs

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Started his path in lighting at age 9 through his participation at Oddfellows Playhouse a youth theater group in Middletown, CT.
    • Nickname
      • Little Ian

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