Christoph ZOLLINGER

Christoph ZOLLINGER

Supervisor VFX Supervisor / 15 yrs

Beijing, China

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Visual Effects Supervisor

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Nautilus (2024)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

The Mandalorian (2019)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Knuckles (2024)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

The Orville (2022)

Virtual Production Supervisor

Container of Memory (2021)

On-set Visual Effects Supervisor

Misterul sigiliului dragonului (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Only Cloud Knows (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

For All Mankind (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Longest Shot (2019)

Visual Effects Consultant

The Wandering Earth (2019)

On-set Visual Effects Supervisor

Pegasus (2019)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)

Additional On-set Visual Effects Supervisor

Sky Hunter (2017)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

Star Trek: Discovery (2017)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

The Orville (2017)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

The Dark Tower (2017)

Texturing (Segment "Kingz")

Galaxy of Horrors (2017)

Division Visual Effects Supervisor

See You Tomorrow (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Secret (2016)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Lost in Hong Kong (2015)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Furious 7 (2015)

On-set Visual Effects Supervisor

Gone with the Bullets (2014)

Visual Effects Consultant

The Breakup Guru (2014)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder (2014)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Diplomacy (2014)

Division Visual Effects Producer

After Earth (2013)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Oblivion (2013)

Visual Effects Coordinator

Hindenburg: The Last Flight (2013)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

Division Visual Effects Producer

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

Division Vfx Producer

Die Männer der Emden (2013)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Jesus Loves Me (2012)

Division Visual Effects Producer

The Mindy Project (2012)

Division Visual Effects Producer

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

Division Visual Effects Producer

The Hunger Games (2012)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)

Visual Effects Division Producer

Hugo (2011)

Division Vfx Producer

Terra Nova (2011)

Division Visual Effects Producer

Fast Five (2011)

Visual Effects Artist;division Visual Effects Producer;visual Effects

Game of Thrones (2011)

Visual Effects Coordinator

Sucker Punch (2011)

Visual Effects Consultant

2030 Xing (2010)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Wang: The Dragon King

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Christoph is an award winning Visual Effect Supervisor with almost 25 years of experience in the digital entertainment and film/television industry.

He has worked on projects such as "The Mandalorian", "Star Trek Into Darkness", "Game of Thrones", "Oblivion", "Fast Five", "The Amazing Spider-Man", and the Academy Award-winning film "Hugo". But numerous Chinese film projects can also be found in his track record, like "Lost in Hong Kong", "Breakup Guru" and "Gone with the Bullets" for which he received the Asian Film Award in the category "Best Visual Effects".

Proficient on set, through out pre- and post-production, as visual effects producer and now mainly as supervisor, he lead and continues to lead multi disciplinary, multi facility and multi cultural teams to deliver shows of various sizes. Both for Hollywood and China.

He continues his passionate work as visual effects supervisor on local Chinese, international theatrical/television and VOD projects.
Work History
  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Rising Sun Pictures

    November 2022 - Present
    Adelaide, Südaustralien, Australien · On-site
  • Virtual Production Supervisor

    Christoph Zollinger

    2020 - Present
    Peking, China

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  • Lecturer for Visual Effects Production, Filmmaking & Storytelling

    Beijing Film Academy

    2017 - Present
    China

    Lecturing about all aspects of the Visual Effects Production Workflow. From Concept/Planning, Pre-Production, through out the physical aspect of Production and ultimately Post-Production. Creative Decisions and impacts on Story and vice versa.

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Christoph Zollinger

    2013 - Present

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  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Myth VFX

    August 2021 - May 2022
    Peking, China · On-site

    Visual Effects Supervision - On-Set Supervision

    "The Outcast (-)
    Live Action adaption of the popular Anime Series "Hitori no Shita: The Outcast"

  • VFX Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    January 2013 - September 2021
    Beijing City, China

    Overseeing the facility's resources and coordinating the production staff to assure quality in-time/budget deliveries. Responsible for feature and commercial projects, executive matters, such as acquisitions and client relations, shot breakdowns, bidding.

    Supervising feature film projects from previz stage, on-set/location, till final shot delivery.
    Garantuee a flawless integration of the Beijing facility into PIXOMONDO's 24/7 pipeline.

    In charge of VR projects, both interactive (game engine based) and non interactive
    (video based), setting up methods and workflows within the existing pipeline

  • Virtual Production Supervisor

    Pixomondo

    January 2020 - June 2021
    Peking, China

    Integrating and further adapting PXO's global advances into the field of realtime visual effects to local production needs. Developing tools/methods and workflows for artists and film makers alike, to streamline the pre-production, on-set and post-production process utilizing the smart stage concept.

  • VFX Producer

    Pixomondo

    November 2010 - January 2019
    Beijing

    Overseeing the facility's resources and coordinating the production staff to assure quality in-time/budget deliveries. Responsible for feature and commercial projects, executive matters, such as acquisitions and client relations.

    Garantuee a flawless integration of the Beijing facility into PIXOMONDO's 24/7 pipeline.

  • VFX Producer

    Pixomondo

    September 2010 - October 2010

    Responsible for commercial projects, client relation and executive matters.

  • VFX Producer

    Pixomondo

    July 2010 - August 2010

    Overseeing and coordinating the resources (team and schedules) for commercial projects.
    In addition, filling in the VFX Producer of "Suckerpunch" and "Hindenburg" for around 3 weeks.

  • Coordinator / VFX Producer

    Pixomondo

    February 2009 - July 2010

    The primary working field besides client relations was also project management, coordination, budgeting, art direction and conceptional work, mostly for commercial projects.

  • VFX Producer

    Pixomondo

    June 2009 - October 2009

    Producer in the newly established facility in Shanghai. Mainly responsible for commercial projects, as well as consolidate PIXOMONDO routines and workflows through its setup phase.

  • 2D/3D Artist

    EA Phenomic

    June 2001 - March 2006

    Concept Design, Modelling, Texturing, Animation

    "Spellforce - The Order of Dawn"
    "Breath of Winter" (Addon)
    "Shadow of the Phoenix" (Addon)
    "Spellforce 2 - Shadow Wars"

Education
  • Diplom in Film/Animation

    Hochschule Mainz - University of Applied Sciences

    2006 - 2011