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Chay Johansson

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Chay Johansson is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Ad Astra (2019).
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    Known for

    Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
    Alita: Battle Angel
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2019
    Andy Serkis and Amiah Miller in War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
    War for the Planet of the Apes
    7.4
    • Visual Effects
    • 2017
    Brad Pitt in Ad Astra (2019)
    Ad Astra
    6.5
    • Visual Effects
    • 2019
    Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    7.3
    • Visual Effects
    • 2021

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    Visual Effects

    • Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Lincoln Sykes, Theodore Sykes, Emma Myers, and Brady Noon in Family Switch (2023)
      Family Switch
      5.7
      • CG artist: Jamm (as Chay Desmond Johansson)
      • 2023
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, Iman Vellani, and Teyonah Parris in The Marvels (2023)
      The Marvels
      5.5
      • senior creatures technical director
      • 2023
    • Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Bailey Bass, and Britain Dalton in Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
      Avatar: The Way of Water
      7.5
      • creature td: Weta FX
      • 2022
    • Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Shahi, and Noah Centineo in Black Adam (2022)
      Black Adam
      6.2
      • creatures technical director
      • 2022
    • Overwatch 2 (2022)
      Overwatch 2
      5.5
      Video Game
      • creatures technical director
      • 2022
    • Chiwetel Ejiofor, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Xochitl Gomez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
      Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
      6.9
      • creatures technical director
      • 2022
    • Felicia Simone in The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience (2021)
      The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience
      7.9
      Video Game
      • visual effects artist
      • 2021
    • Tim Roth, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Benedict Wong, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
      Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
      7.3
      • creature technical director
      • 2021
    • Dev Patel in The Green Knight (2021)
      The Green Knight
      6.6
      • visual effects assets/look dev: Weta Digital (as Chay Desmond Johansson)
      • 2021
    • Daniel Brühl, Wyatt Russell, Emily VanCamp, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, and Erin Kellyman in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
      The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • creature technical director
      • 2021
    • Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
      The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two
      6.0
      • Creature Technical Director
      • 2020
    • Brad Pitt in Ad Astra (2019)
      Ad Astra
      6.5
      • creature technical director
      • 2019
    • Michael Douglas, Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Natalie Portman, Angela Bassett, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Redford, Rene Russo, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin, Linda Cardellini, Vin Diesel, Matthew Berry, Russell Bobbitt, Taika Waititi, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, James D'Arcy, Chris Evans, Jon Favreau, Frank Grillo, Sean Gunn, Maximiliano Hernández, Ken Jeong, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Stan Lee, Elizabeth Olsen, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Chris Pratt, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Hiroyuki Sanada, John Slattery, Tilda Swinton, Benedict Wong, Jennifer 'Ms Fer' Russell, Camille Kinloch, Penelope Kathryn Golden, Eric Patrick Cameron, Terry Notary, Ava Russo, Jamie Wedel, Bazlo LeClair, Loen LeClair, Erica Ribley, Carlos A. Aparicio, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Caleb Spencer Barr, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Yvette Nicole Brown, Ty Simpkins, Audrae Peterson, Evangeline Lilly, Keith Wallace, Chadwick Boseman, Kyle Banks, Sebastian Stan, Joy McAvoy, Danai Gurira, Tessa Thompson, Donald Mustard, Hayley Atwell, Karen Gillan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Pom Klementieff, Brian Schaeffer, Michael Pierino Miller, Keith Nussbaum, Emma Fuhrmann, Letitia Wright, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Anthony G Breed, Brent McGee, Ami Fujimoto, Michael James Shaw, Dustin Pitan, Carrie Coon, Eric Word, Benjamin Weaver, Mari Kasuya, Khalid Ghajji, Jaylen Davis, John Michael Morris, Hye Jin Jang, Marie Mouroum, Winston Duke, Michael A. Cook, Jackson A. Dunn, Ben Sakamoto, Brent Moorer Gaskins, Vincent Angel, Paul Pillsbury, Timothy Carr, Daniela Gaskie, Cameron Brumbelow, Kris Taylor, James Robert Taylor, Jacob Batalon, Andy Field, Renah Gallagher, Tevin Beech, Jacob Evans, Jason M. Edwards, Miles Webb, Maria Z. Wilson, Alexa Medina, Rob Romero, Cade Woodward, Shaun McMillan, Roe Dunkley, Jamaal Burcher, Kiersten Dolbec, Raul Alcantar, Greg Tiffan, Eric Wallace, Kari Yovetich, Ryan L. Price, Daniel L. Murphy, Daniel Callister, Nolan Ekberg, Kevin So, Lexi Rabe, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
      Avengers: Endgame
      8.4
      • creature technical director
      • 2019
    • Jennifer Connelly, Christoph Waltz, Mahershala Ali, Eiza González, Rosa Salazar, Ed Skrein, and Keean Johnson in Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
      Alita: Battle Angel
      7.3
      • creature technical director
      • 2019
    • Kenneth Branagh, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., William Hurt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Vin Diesel, Alan Silvestri, Paul Bettany, Kerry Condon, Bradley Cooper, Keith Splinter Davis, Peter Dinklage, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Kevin Feige, Jeffrey Ford, Keith Giffen, Sean Gunn, Scarlett Johansson, Ameenah Kaplan, Florence Kasumba, Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Tim McAdams, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Zoe Saldaña, Matthew Schmidt, Joe Simon, Benedict Wong, Charles Wood, Trent Opaloch, Terry Notary, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Pralgo, Cobie Smulders, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Monique Ganderton, Larry Lieber, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Don Heck, Carlos Guity, Chadwick Boseman, Aaron Lazar, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Steve Englehart, Jeremy Sample, Precious Jenkins, Karen Gillan, Dominique Elijah Smith, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Tiffany Espensen, Steven Essani, Ross Marquand, Bill Mantlo, Matthew Zuk, Pom Klementieff, Steve Gan, Blair Jasin, Femi Olagoke, Ethan Dizon, Michael Pierino Miller, Taraja Ramsess, Jénel Stevens, Michael Anthony Rogers, Gee Alexander, Janeshia Adams-Ginyard, Letitia Wright, James Sterling, Tom Holland, Jim Starlin, Isabella Amara, Ryan Robertson, Kevin D Wilson, Daniel Graham, Joseph Singletary, Michael James Shaw, David Dman Escobar, Solomon Glave, Kevin Montgomery, Rabon Hutcherson, Carrie Coon, Martavious Cerrone Gayles, Kirk A. Jenkins, Tanya Wheelock, Andrew S. McMillan, Marcus Lewis, Donny Carrington, Gary Peebles, Floyd Anthony Johns Jr., Tye Claybrook Jr., Khalil' La'Marr Pickett, Marie Mouroum, Jazzy Ellis, Marija Juliette Abney, Phedra Syndelle, Winston Duke, Antjuan Rhames, Jefferson Lewis, Jared Moser, Zola Williams, Dawit Gulilat, Denisha Gillespie, Harrison Osterfield, James Siderits, Brandon M. Shaw, Hamid-Reza Benjamin Thompson, Chris Moore, Ariana Greenblatt, Annie Pisapia, Matthew Christensen, Simeon Freeman, Branden Arnold, Michael David Yuhl, Daniela Gaskie, Jamel D. Chambers, John Gettier, Sergio Briones, Nathaniel Perry, Jacob Batalon, Matthew Excel Simmons, Lucie Carroll, Bobby James, Bobby Hoskins, Jacob Evans, Olaniyan Thurmon, Edward Parker, Cecil M. Henry, Cory Dunson, Bruce Anthony Shepperson, Perla Middleton, Laurel O Wagner, Jachin Myers, Elgin Lee, Demetri Landell, Tony Dupar, Shawn South, Mallory Kidwell, Devin Koehler, Chase Ledgerwood, Jomahl Gildersleve, Frank David Monroe, Granger Summerset II, Austin Rospert, Lady Cardinal, Luke Maher, Laura Miller, Joe Maitland, Dylan Gajai, and Robert Tinsley in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
      Avengers: Infinity War
      8.4
      • creature technical director
      • 2018

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