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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 became a freelance visual effects supervisor. 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, 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, 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 Supervising 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Townsend, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Christopher Townsend
VFX supervisor
for VFX supervisor in Sailor Moon
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A proposed concept for a practiced live action film adapting the first arc into a cinematic IMAX form. Sailor Moon is a sci-fi fantasy superhero IP based on the manga series written by Naoko Takeuchi. Made to be released for all audiences (Primary language: English) Usagi Tsukino is an ordinary, lazy, somewhat clumsy, and whiny Japanese teenager whose life changes forever when she finds a black cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead, who reveals that she is destined to reawakened as an ancient warrior, a Sailor Senshi, who must face the forces of evil. With the help of a magical amulet, Usagi is able to transform into "Sailor Moon", a beautiful and generous warrior who defends the defenseless in the name of the moon. Special thanks to Doug Walker for inspiration for the project concept.
