CHRIS MORTIMER

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The Work

 

Kaiser Permanente | Moving All To One

Black Kite | The Sacred Egg | Eric Adkins

VFX Super | CD working with Alex Mavor | 17 day shoot in LA | 6 stages running concurrently | Stop Frame animation, model sets | Setup workflow with BK London to take advantage of timezone difference | 120+ layers, 300+ passes | With seamless CG additions, deep environment, sky & set detail and stellar 2D integration and finish by Black Kite.

Production Company - Riff Raff
Animation Studio - OTP (Open the Portal)
Animators (gods) - Kelsey Klein, Sarah de Gaudemar, Misha Klein
Agency - Droga 5

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Adidas - Liverpool 2025/26 Kit Launch film

Stray | Saman Aminzadeh | Robbie Ryan

Production Company - Love Song
Agency - The Midnight Club

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Grey Goose - The not so dry Martini | brand ambassador launch

Harbor NYC | Martin Werner | Rodrigo Prieto

VFX Super | 2nd Unit director (drone) | Environment look dev on set with concept art.

Production Company - Reset LA
Agency - BBH New York

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McDonalds - Order like Stormzy

Black Kite | Paul Hunter | Alex Barber

Production Company - Pretty Bird
Agency - Leo Burnett UK

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Stella Artois - Perfect Draught X

Black Kite | Patrick Daughters | Yorick Le Saux

VFX Super | Heavy duty prep and shoot manageament | Organically filmed over 2 days - the result a 300 degree continuous action nodal pan. Later edited as it was a 30’ spot!

Production Company - Anonymous Content
Agency - ADInBev

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Rolls Royce - Ghost S2 Black Badge film

Untold Studios | Alex Howe | Ollie Collins

VFX Super | multilayer additive lighting methodology | Moco - Bolt X & Milo

Production Co - Morgan Lockyer
Agency - AKQA

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Aldi - Christmas 2024 campaign (7th year as Super on the campaign)

Psyop LA | Todd & Kylie | Matt Fox

VFX Super | Technodolly | Scale and model cinematography | Passes director | CG scene extensions and lighting

Production Company - Riff Raff Films
Agency - McCann Manchester

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Waitrose Christmas Campaign

Harbor Ldn | Lucy Forbes | Benedict Spence

Production Company - Smuggler
Agency - Saatchi & Saatchi

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Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge launch

Black Kite | Matias & Mathias | Lasse Frank

VFX Super | multiple infinity set extensions & joins across locations

Production Company - Bacon
Agency - W+K Amsterdam

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Aldi - Olympics 2024 Campaign

Psyop LA | Todd & Kylie | Richard Mott

VFX Super | Technodolly | Scale cinematography | Lidar-Photogram-HDRI

Production Company - Riff Raff
Agency - McCann Manchester

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M&S Christmas

Black Kite | Ally Pankiw | Will Hanke

Production company - Partizan
Agency - Mother

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Aldi Christmas campaign - Kevin & the Christmas Factory

Psyop LA | Todd & Kylie | Matt Fox

VFX Super | Technodolly | Scale and model cinematography | Passes director | CG scene extensions and lighting

Production Company - Riff Raff Films
Agency - McCann Manchester

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Audible Comedy - The Breakdown

Black Kite | Thomas Ormonde | Kasper Wind

VFX Super | multiple SFX timing coach

Production Company - Mindseye
Agency - Fold7

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Samsung Galaxy | Join the flip side - Season 2

Black Kite | Matias & Mathias | Andeas Bjorseth

Production Company - Bacon
Agency - W+K Amsterdam

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Temptations | French Arthouse Cat

Black Kite | Randy Krallman | Erik Wilson

The most obedient cat ever - praise to Yuka Fukushima & Kim Gaskell

Production Company - Smuggler
Agency - Adam & Eve DDB

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Iceland Air | Stopover

Untold | Sam Hibbard | Thimios Bakatakis

Location live action landscape extension plates

Production Company - Somesuch
Agency - Pablo London

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Temptations | Art critic cat

Black Kite | Randy Krallman | Erik Wilson

The 2nd most obedient cat ever - praise to Yuka Fukushima & Kim Gaskell

Production Company - Smuggler
Agency - Adam & Eve DDB

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McDonalds | Winning Sips

Black Kite | Zac Ella | Spike Morris

On the hoof VFX shenanigans, rigs, camera moves

Production Company - Agile Films
Agency - Leo Burnett

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Doritos | The face off

Rascal | Henry Littlechild | Jamie Ramsay

VFX Super | VFX methodology | Performance detail coach | head and neck rig designer | Body scanner

No previz, went in hot - perfect result.

Production company - Dark Energy
Agency - Sips&Bites

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Aldi Christmas Campaign 2022 | Let’s do it

Psyop LA | Todd & Kylie | Richard Mott

VFX Super | Lidar - Photogram - HDRI gatherer | CG scene extensions and lighting

Production Company - Riff Raff Films
Agency - McCann Manchester

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McDonald’s | MCD Trays | BTS

MPC LA | Hanki Goh | Local DOP

Remote VFX Super | Tech recce, rehearsal and shoot. All Korean crew, Director and DP. One english speaker.
Greenscsreen | matched steadicam camera transitions.

The only time I have said, or will ever say “Stop shooting, we cannot use any of this”

Production Company - Love and Money
Agency - W + K NY

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Booking.com | Surfer

Black Kite | Owen Trevor | Jallo Faber

VFX Super | 2nd unit Dir, matching drone sea plates to live action. Multiple live action set extensions.

Production Company - Rattling Stick | 24/7
Agency - Booking.com

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Webex | High Performance, Access, Teamwork

MPC LA | The Malloys | David Procter

VFX Super | Multiple screen interactions following dynamic dialogue.

Production Company - Rattling Stick
Agency - WongDoody

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Aldi Christmas 2021 | A Christmas Carrot

The Mill | Ne-O | Tim Hudson

VFX Super | Fluid camera between scenes | UHD, 9-stop HDR, 270 degree panorama for rooftop set | More greenscreen than you think. LA BABY.

Production Company - Stink
Agency - GKLW Lowe

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Shooting the UHD HDR

Coca-Cola Zero sugar | Unbelievably Delicious - Pinocchio

MPC LA | Bjorn/Kerstin Ruhmann | Justin Brown

VFX Super | Jimminy Cricket director | scale cinematography | Blue screen

Production Company - Smuggler London
Agency - Anomaly LA

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Coca-Cola Zero sugar | Unbelievably Delicious - Aliens

MPC LA | Bjorn/Kerstin Ruhmann | Justin Brown

VFX Super | scale cinematography, careful split screens

Production Company - Smuggler London
Agency - Anomaly LA

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Aldi Christmas 2020 | Out in the cold

Psyop LA | Todd & Kylie | Richard Mott

VFX Super | Technodolly | Scale and model cinematography | CG scene extensions and lighting

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Coral | The Premiere League as Sunday League

Untold Studios | Nicolai Fuglsig | Alex Barber

VFX Super | Environment work

Production Company - MJZ
Agency - BBH

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Ford | We built them a truck

The Mill | Daniel Wolfe | Chayse Irvin

VFX Super | CG Construction site aug | FX

Production Company - Somesuch
Agency - Wieden + Kennedy NY
Mill CD - Dan Williams

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Three | The 5G Future | flew to Oslo where Lewis was touring for one day

The Mill | Chris Mortimer | Stein Stie

VFX Super | Directed Lewis Capaldi insert | Match camera/lighting with no data
To be clear - I wasn’t involved in the rest of this epic piece

Production Company - Academy Films
Agency - Weiden + Kennedy

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Deutche Bahn | Alles Lauft

The Mill | Hanna Heidrich | Tim Maurice Jones

VFX Super | Black Screen entire train | Other VFX shenanigans

Production Company - Anorak
Agency ‘ BBDO

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