A 3-D Journey into Digital Intermediate (DI): Setting the Stage

Christopher Townsend graduated with a graphic design B.A. honors degree in England in 1988. He spent the next six years traveling and working in various countries, including China, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. He specialized in graphic design and animation for broadcasting and television advertising, before moving to the U.S. to work on feature films at George Lucas' esteemed Industrial Light and Magic. Over the next 11 years, he worked as an artist and supervisor on some of the most influential visual effects movies of our time, including the rerelease of the original Star Wars: A New Hope , as well as the last three films in the trilogy; Mission: Impossible; The Lost World: Jurassic Park; Al: Artificial Intelligence; Hulk; Day After Tomorrow; The Island; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and the Academy Award winning Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. He was the visual effects supervisor on Journey to the Center of the Earth , the Walden/New Line feature film that was theatrically released in Summer 2008, and directed by Academy Award winner Eric Brevig. More recently, Townsend has been supervising on location for Fox's Wolverine.