Christian Kaestner

Christian began his career as an art director for one of the world’s biggest advertising agencies, crafting unique work for clients such as Sony and Adobe. 

Working with high-profile clients to create beautiful, memorable imagery served him in excellent stead when he decided to pivot to VFX in the mid-2000s. He graduated from San Francisco’s Academy of Art University with a Masters of Fine Arts in 3D Animation and Visual Effects and launched his VFX career with The Orphanage, before joining Framestore in 2007. 

Since then, he has worked on a huge range of titles, including The Dark Knight, Quantum of Solace, Where The Wild Things Are, Avatar and the Oscar-winning Gravity. 

Christian made the move to Montreal in 2013 and quickly established himself as a key member of the studio’s senior team, supervising titles such as Paddington, Alien: Covenant, Mary Poppins Returns, Captain Marvel, The Aeronauts and the BAFTA-winning His Dark Materials. His most recent project is 1899, a major episodic project for Netflix utilizing Europe’s largest LED volume facility. Here he led a team spanning concept art, visualisation, virtual production and VFX.