Christopher Biggs

Christopher Biggs

I am a Digital Swiss army knife and a hard worker

Senior Visuial Effects Supervisor / 23 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Compositor

Out of Time (2021)

Makeup

Eve of Destruction (2013)

Compositor

Bulletproof Monk (2003)

Compositor

Snow Dogs (2002)

Compositor

Donnie Darko (2001)

Spot Removal Artist

102 Dalmatians (2000)

Digital Artist

Shanghai Noon (2000)

2-D Graphics Designer

Bicentennial Man (1999)

CG Effects Animator

Mighty Joe Young (1998)

3-D Animator

George of the Jungle (1997)

Special Effects

The Dark Side of The Moon (1990)

Creator

A Nightmare On Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)

Special Effects

A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)

Special Effects

Zombie High (1987)

Creature Fabricator

Troll (1986)

Makeup Special Effects

Critters (1986)

Makeup Imagery

Ghoulies (1985)

Makeup Special Effects

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)
My Name is R. Christopher Biggs.

I am a Digital Artist and VFX Supervisor with over 20 years of experience, living it the central San Fernando Valley.
I am an After Effects expert & I have a wide vocabulary in Adobe CC, C4D, Nuke, and Mocha.
My specialities are Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, Particle work, Mapping for Projections on buildings and other structures (Still and Moving) for Theme parks, Film, TV, and Social Media.
I am a confident, self motivator and have a strong sense of movement and color, plus I enjoy working with teams. I have a full in-home studio, a mobile system, & large cloud based storage.

Created a Convention presentation for EAW vimeo.com/358872753
At Warner Bros Studio was VFX supervisor on "Horror Made Here"
I was in charge of media creation, & projection mapping for the last 2 years.
Working at Part IV in Los Angeles created Social Ads on Star Wars 8, Alex Inc.
and Avengers: Infinity War.
Created the VFX and Opening Credits for the short horror film “BIRTH”
(which was shown at the Caan Film Festival this year)
https://vimeo.com/249712653
I’ve worked for Walt Disney Imagineering on and off for about 16 years,
and was very involved with the new Shanghai Disneyland.
The "Enchanted Storybook Castle Adventure”. I’m very proud of the Book effect at the start of the Castle attraction
utilizing 3 projection systems to achieve the effect.
https://vimeo.com/233816522


My reels are available on my website: rcb-vfx.com or on Vimeo: vimeo.com/343563671


Thank you for your time!

Sincerely
R. Christopher Biggs
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Visual Effects for Screen & Theme Parks,
Animation, Motion Graphics, VFX Mapping.
R.Christopher Biggs
rcbiggs@rcb-vfx.com
818) 427-4710
rcb-vfx.com
Work History

  • Special Effects

    Adrenalin Attractions

    April 2018 - April 2022

    Creating media and projection mapping for a variety of projects

  • owner/founder

    RCB\VFX

    January 2011 - April 2022
    Los Angeles

    Visual Effects /Make-up Effects Supervisor
    Film "Zombies vs Scarecrows"
    Mapping and Media creation for Adrenalin Attractions
    Recent Work with Walt Disney Imagineering:
    -Once Upon a Time Adventure - Shanghai Disneyland 1/14 - 4/16
    Created and Mapped Storybook opening, & Magic Dust
    -Peter Pan’s Flight - Shanghai Disneyland 2/16 - 3/16
    Created and tracked Pixie dust to moving Animatronic figures
    -Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure - Shanghai Disneyland 9/15 - 2/16
    Worked on sails in Ship battle, & Jack Sparrow/Skeleton Transformation
    -Soarin' Round the World - Shanghai Disneyland 12/14 - 08/15
    Did particle work for Pre-Show video
    -Ironman Experience - Hong Kong Disneyland
    Developed Effects Looks for Pre-Show
    - Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland 10/10 - 3/12
    Part of the Visual Effects Animation, Mapping, & Installation Team

  • Owner / Visual Effects Supervisor

    RCB\VFX

    January 2011 - April 2022

    Recent Work with Walt Disney Imagineering:
    -Once Upon a Time Adventure - Shanghai Disneyland 1/14 - 4/16
    Created and Mapped Storybook opening, & Magic Dust
    -Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure - Shanghai Disneyland 9/15 - 2/16
    Worked on sails in Ship battle, & Jack Sparrow/Skeleton Transformation
    -Soarin' Round the World - Shanghai Disneyland 12/14 - 08/15
    Developed Effects Looks for Pre-Show
    - Mystic Manor - Hong Kong Disneyland 10/10 - 3/12
    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
    -Enchanted Tales with Belle - Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom - New Fantasyland Expansion 04/12 - 09/12
    Co-Created media for the Magic Mirror Portal effect

  • VFX Supervisor

    Planet C Studios

    November 2010 - February 2022
    Burbank

    - WB VIP Tour
    Created and Mapped Designers Desk Effect
    - Universal Halloween Haunt - VIP Experience: The Insidious Experiment 7/13 - 10/13
    VFX Supervisor.
    Created Media for 8 projectors on 1 building
    - Universal Studio Tram Tour Video, Universal Studio Tour Los Angeles. 04/11 - 06/11
    VFX Superviser

  • Compositor

    The Third Floor

    September 2021 - January 2022

    Did Post-Vis composting for a variety of Marvel projects

  • Visuial Effects Superviser

    Walt Disney Imagineering

    January 2005 - April 2016
    Glendale

    Recently completed work for Shanghai Disneyland

    Plus
    -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
    -Enchanted Tales with Belle - Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom - New Fantasyland Expansion 04/12 - 09/12
    Co-Created media for the Magic Mirror Portal effect and helped install other VFX
    Animation.
    - GM Test Track - Walt Disney World, EPCOT 10/12 - 11/12
    Co-Created media for the "City" and installed it.

  • Sassoon Film Design

    February 2010 - July 2011

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

  • Compositor

    CafeFX

    January 2010 - February 2010

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Walt Disney Imagineering

    January 2005 - December 2009

    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 fx 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 & Animation.

    Haunted Mansion (MK-WDW)
    Using the rear projection head effect. I stabilized, cleaned, add morph transitions and corrected the Original Madam Leota footage, & 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 & 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 & texture to the forms

  • Radium

    December 2004 - November 2005

    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

  • 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

  • Digital Domain

    May 2002 - October 2002

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

  • Compositor

    Walt Disney Feature Animation: The Secret Lab

    June 2001 - May 2002
    Burbank, CA

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

    Snow Dogs (2001)
    Touchstone
    Compositing

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

  • Sassoon Film Design

    April 2001 - June 2001

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

  • 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

  • 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, & 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, & Effects Animation

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

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

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

    ALIEN NATION (1996)
    Twentieth Century Fox TV
    Digital Matte Paintings & 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, & CG Modeling

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

  • Compositor

    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

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

  • Monster maker

    Yankee Classic Pictures

    1988 - 1988
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Education

  • A/A

    Cal State system (Multiple schools)

    September 1977 - May 1980