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Christopher Townsend

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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In the movie Captain America: The First Avenger - Heightened Technology 2011-10-25
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Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 2023-11-22
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Poster of Captain America: The First Avenger - Heightened Technology
Filmography
Movie Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Loki Season 2 Self - Visual Effects Supervisor / Second Unit Director 2023-11-22
Movie Captain America: The First Avenger - Heightened Technology Himself 2011-10-25
Movie Captain America: Behind the Skull Self 2011-10-25
Movie Outfitting a Hero Self 2011-10-25
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