Christopher Biggs

Christopher Biggs

Veteran of Professional VFX

Supervisor Digital Artist / 21 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Visualization Artist

The Marvels (2023)

Lighting/Compositing/FX Animation

Out of Time (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Blackhat (2015)

Compositing Supervisor / Dimensionializi

Yogi Bear (2010)

Digital Artist

Catwoman (2004)

Digital Compositor

Peter Pan (2003)

Lighting/Compositing/FX Animation

Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Lighting/Compositing/FX Animation

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Digital Paint Artist

Project Viper (2002)

Compositor/fx Animator

Snow Dogs (2002)

Senior Compositor

Donnie Darko (2001)

Senior Compositor

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

3D Motion Matching (Effects Animation)

Mighty Joe Young (1998)

Blue Screen Compositing

Beanstalk (1994)

motion graphics artist

RZR

My Name is Christopher Biggs,
I’m a 20+ year veteran of professional experience in VFX, Motion Graphics and Theme Park/Event Projection Mapping, I have developed a comprehensive career in Animation. I eagerly await the opportunity to bring my education, experience, and insight to you.

My reels on my website:

rcb-vfx.com

My diverse experience and field of expertise in visual effects, motion design, and graphics have allowed me great career growth. However, I am now looking for a new position offering greater challenges and new opportunities to partake in. With sharp organizational skills, careful attention to detail, and my ability to work with speed and accuracy, I know I will be a valuable asset to your team.

Some highlights of my career accomplishments include:
• Designing projections for Haunted Mansion, Pirates, Peter Pan & numerous others across Disney parks.
• Animating characters from still images to develop and create a themed experience .
• Collaborating with creatives to organize green-screen shoots and direct talent.
▪ Full in home studio, with a large Cloud storage.

I look forward to scheduling an interview with you to further discuss my qualifications and learn more about the project.
Work History
  • Owner / Visual Effects Supervisor

    RCB\VFX

    January 2011 - Present
    Greater Los Angeles Area, and around the World

    Recent Work with Walt Disney Imagineering:

    Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland 10/10 - present
    Part of the Visual Effects Animation, Mapping, & Installation Team

    The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure - Disney California Adventure 02/11 - 06/11
    Created and installed Visual Effects Animation

    The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure - Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom
    - New Fantasyland Expansion 04/12 - 09/12
    Created and installed Visual Effects Animation

    Be Our Guest Restaurant - Walt Disney World Magic Kin

  • Member: Themed Entertainment Association

    Themed Entertainment Association

    October 2006 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Amazing Organization

  • Member Visual Effects Society

    Visual Effects Society

    1995 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Great Organization. I volunteer as a Judge for the VES Awards

  • Member

    Visual Effects Society

    1995 - Present
  • RCB\VFX

    July 2016 - April 2023
    Los Angeles, CA
  • post vis artist

    The Third Floor

    July 2021 - January 2022
    Los Angeles, California, US
  • Post-Vis Compositor

    The Third Floor

    August 2021 - January 2022
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    Worked on 3 Projects, Marvel's "She-Hulk", "Thor: Love & Thunder", and "the Marvels"

  • Digital Artist

    Planet C Studios

    April 2018 - March 2021
    Burbank, California, United States
  • VFX supervisor/Media creator Horror Made Here

    Warner Bros Studio Tour

    June 2018 - November 2019
    Burbank, CA

    Shot and created VFX for Warner Bros Studio Tour's "Horror Made Here" for 2017 and 2018
    included over an hour of original character animation using After Effects

  • Senior Visual Effects Animator

    Walt Disney Imagineering

    November 2010 - June 2016
  • Senior Special Effects Animator

    Walt Disney Imagineering

    January 2005 - May 2016

    Disneyland the First 50 Magical Years (DL)
    Handled or supervised the compositing of all the Visual Effects / Motion Graphics, helped developed 2½D look for Cel animation

    Space Mountain Mission 2 (PDL)
    Created FX Animations for projecting on screens / dimensional set pieces

    Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (DL)
    Supervised / Created the “Mine collapse” animation

    Stitch’s Great Escape (MK-WDW)
    Mapped animation to walls of attraction

    Monsters inc. (DCA)
    Created Animation for “Color Changing Randell”
    Developed new mapping for dimensional characters

    Space Mountain (DL) Created fx Animation

    Pirates of the Caribbean
    Created ; mapped “Hurricane” sequence, “Davy Jones Waterfall”, “Battle” sky

    Haunted Mansion (DL)
    Directed Actress for New “Attic Bride”, Supervised CG Animation, composited then mapped the final media

    Everest Expedition (AK-WDW)
    Created FX animation / Composited media of “Yeti Shadow”

    Mexico Pavilion (E/WS-WDW)
    Created FX animation & composited 2d animation to backgrounds

    Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyer’s Island (DL)
    Help developed the mapping technique for the rear projection head used on the “Cursed Pirate” effect. Directed the Actor during the 3 camera shoot, Supervised the CGI Modeling, Texturing and Animation.

    Haunted Mansion (MK-WDW)
    Using the rear projection head effect. I stabilized, cleaned, add morph transitions and corrected the Original Madam Leota footage, and developed a new projection “Face” by scanning the Original & combining it with the Kim Irvine (the Holiday Leota) face. Supervised the creation of a new CG body for the Attic Bride
    re-compositing the lighting on CG and live action footage, plus adding FX Animation.Created and mapped the footsteps to the Staircase Room.Created new Singing Busts media using the original footage By stabilizing, cleaning, adding morph transitions to each head.Then mapping image lighting the rest of each bust to match the footage, adding shadows and texture to the forms

  • VFX Supervisor

    Planet C Studios

    2013 - 2015

    "Horror made Here" event for Warner Bros Studio Tour

    "Designers Desk" Stage 48 WBST

    FX Animation for WBST Store

    "Insidious" VIP Experience at Universal Studio tour HHN

    Universal Studio tour on board video, VFX Superviser

  • Freelance Animator

    Disney English

    October 2011 - March 2012
    Greater Los Angeles Area

    Created a series of short animations, Supervised Green Screen shoot, composted actress into animations

  • Compositing Supervisor / Dimensionializing

    Sassoon Film Design

    February 2010 - August 2010

    Priest- Sony Pictures
    Smurf'd (Trailer) - Sony Pictures
    Yogi Bear

    Created L-R eye for 3D

  • Compositor

    CafeFX

    December 2009 - December 2009

    Alice in Wonderland

  • head of compositing dept

    Radium

    November 2002 - November 2004
    Santa Monica

    VFX Supervisor: BMW-Monster inside

    Compositing Supervisor: Spiderman 2, CatWoman, Lugs shoes,

    Special Effects Animation:
    McDonalds-timeTravler,Maxwell House-Snowdome, AT&T, Ford, Keyasara, Hanspree,

  • Compositer

    Enitity FX

    November 2003 - December 2003

    Smallville

  • Lighting/Compositing

    Digital Domain

    August 2003 - November 2003

    PETER PAN, Universal Pictures
    Lighting / Compositing

  • Lighting/Compositing/FX Animation

    Boy Wonder VFX

    November 2002 - August 2003

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    Compositing/FX Animation

    Out Of Time (2003)
    MGM
    Compositing/Sky Replacement

    Dickey Roberts:Child Star
    (2003) MGM
    Image Cleaning/Color Correction

    Bulletproof Monk (2002-2003)
    MGM
    Compositing/FX Animation

  • Lighting/Compositing/FX Animation

    Digital Domain

    May 2002 - October 2002

    Star Trek: Nemesis
    Paramount
    Lighting, Compositing, and FX Animation

  • Compositor/fx Animator

    Walt Disney Feature Animation: The Secret Lab

    June 2001 - May 2002

    Cinemagique (2001-2002)
    Theme Park Productions
    Compositing/FX Animation

    Snow Dogs (2001)
    Touchstone
    Compositing

    One Mans Dream/WDW (2001)
    Theme Park Productions
    Compositing/FX Animation

  • Compositing/3D Match Move/Matte Painting

    Sassoon Film Design

    April 2001 - June 2001

    Life as a House (2001)
    New Line Pictures
    Compositing, 3D Match Move, and Matte Painting

  • Compositing Supervizer / FX Animator

    Amalgamated Pixel

    December 2000 - April 2001

    Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
    Bangalow Productions
    Compositing

    Donne Darko (2000/2001)
    Darko Productions
    Compositing Supervisor/Effects Animation

    Special Unit 2 (2001)
    Paramount Pictures
    Compositing/Effects Animation

    John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
    Sony Pictures
    FX Animation / Composting

  • Digital Artist

    Walt Disney Feature Animation: The Secret Lab

    March 1999 - December 2000

    Boudin Bread Pre-Show/DCA (2000)
    Theme Park Productions (Walt Disney Imagineering)
    Animation/Compositing/FX Animation

    Golden Dreams /DCA (2000 - 2001)
    Theme Park Productions (Walt Disney Imagineering)
    Compositing/Morphing

    102 Dalmatians (2000)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    Digital Paint/Roto

    Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
    Touchstone
    3D Match Move/Roto/Digital
    Paint Artist

  • Digital Artist

    Dream Quest Images

    August 1994 - March 1999

    Shanghai Noon (1999/2000)
    Spyglass Pictures
    Compositing, Rig removal, and Effects Animation

    Bicentennial Man (1999)
    Touchstone
    HUD Graphic Overlays

    Sixth Sense (1999)
    Spyglass Pictures
    Motion Stabilization

    My Favorite Martian (1999)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    3D matte paintings, 3D modeling,
    3D texturing, 3D Lighting,and Effects Animation

    MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1997-1998)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    3D Match Move, Effects Animation, and Textures

    GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE (1997)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    3D Animation, 3D Match Move, 3D Lighting
    Effects Animation and Composting
    Of 2 1/2D Shots of “Shep”

    HONEY WE SHRUNK
    OURSELVES (1997)
    Walt Disney Pictures
    Blue Screen Compositing and Morphing

    ALIEN NATION (1996)
    Twentieth Century Fox TV
    Digital Matte Paintings and Compositing

    MOSES (1996)
    Turner Broadcasting
    Blue Screen Compositing

    EARTH II (1995)
    Amblin Entertainment
    (First season 4 Shows)
    CGI Effects Crew

    JAG (1995-1996)
    Belisarius Prod/Paramount Pictures
    (First season 22 shows)
    Digital MattePaintings, 3D Animation,
    Effects Animation,3D MatchMove,
    Composting, HUD Overlays,
    3D Lighting, and CG Modeling

    NATURAL ENEMIES (1994-1995)
    Von Sernick/Brown
    Compositing CG Bees

  • Compositor/fx Animator

    Full Moon Digital

    March 1994 - August 1994

    SHRUNKEN HEADS (1994)
    Full Moon Prod/Paramount Pictures
    Blue Screen Compositing

    OBLIVION (1994)
    Full Moon Prod/Paramount Pictures
    Blue Screen Compositing, Opening Title,
    Effects Animation, and CG Modeling

  • Monster maker

    Light & Magic

    1978 - 1994
    North Hollywood, California
  • Photoshop Instructor

    American Flim Insitute

    March 1993 - June 1993
    Hollywood, california

    Taught beginning Photoshop

Education
  • Associate Arts Degree in Art/Theater

    Cal State system (Multiple schools)

    1978 - 1981
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