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Chris Morley
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Chris Morley (born 1997) is an American Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Chief Creative Officer at Base FX. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was educated at the Academy of Art Uni…
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Chris Morley (born 1997) is an American Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Chief Creative Officer at Base FX. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was educated at the Academy of Art University, where he earned a BFA in motion pictures and computer arts, grounding his practice in traditional artistic principles before transitioning into digital production. His career began at Tippett Studio in 2000 as a rotoscope and paint artist. This formative period led to advanced work in compositing and, ultimately, to senior leadership roles supervising visual effects pipelines across productions. Morley spent over two decades at Tippett Studio, rising to the position of visual effects supervisor and becoming closely associated with the studio's distinctive blend of practical effects, animation, and digital compositing. A protégé of Phil Tippett, he collaborated extensively on projects that emphasised tactile, grounded imagery, including the stop-motion feature Mad God (2021), on which he served as a visual effects supervisor, compositor, director of photography, and practical effects contributor. His long-standing collaboration with Tippett extended to Disney's Star Wars franchise films, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019), as well as features like Cloverfield (2008), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Alien: Romulus (2024). In television, Morley has supervised visual effects on a wide range of high-profile series, including The Orville (2017), The Mandalorian (2019), The Witcher (2019), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), The Book of Boba Fett (2021), Secret Invasion (2023), Ted (2024), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024), and Ironheart (2025). Beyond episodic television, he has supervised effects on international features such as Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023) and Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025). Morley's work has been recognised with multiple industry honours, including Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), as well as Visual Effects Society Award nominations for Mad God (2021) and the special venue project Dream of Anhui (2017). In 2025, he joined Base FX as Chief Creative Officer and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor.
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2026
Mutiny
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2025
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2025
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2025
Ironheart
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2025
Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2024
Alien: Romulus
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2024
The Spiderwick Chronicles
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2024
ted
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2023
Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2023
Secret Invasion
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2023
BEEF
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2023
Poker Face
TV show VFX Director of Photography
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2022
Black Adam
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2022
Mad God Ghoul Log
Movie Director
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2022
The Resort
TV show Digital Compositor
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2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2022
Gaslit
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2021
The Book of Boba Fett
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2021
I Know What You Did Last Summer
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2021
Mad God
Movie Gnome (voice)
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2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2020
Soul Snatcher
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2020
Upload
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2020
Locke & Key
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2020
Lost in Russia
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2019
The Witcher
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2019
The Mandalorian
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2019
Undo
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2018
Mad God: Part 3
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
Keep the Gaslight Burning
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2018
Genghis Khan
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2017
The Orville
TV show Visual Effects Supervisor
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2016
Mad God: Part 2
Movie Director of Photography
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2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2014
The Crossing I
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2014
The Remaining
Movie Visual Effects Supervisor
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2014
Mad God: Part 1
Movie Director of Photography
