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Christian Kaestner

VFX Supervisor
Montréal
Episodic
Film

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.
 

The cast of 1899
1899
Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns
actors eddie redmayne and felicity jones from the aeronauts standing in a hot air balloon in the sky surrounded by clouds and butterflies
The Aeronauts

Credits

VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
VFX Supervisor
Compositor
Compositing Supervisor
Lincoln
On-set VFX Supervisor
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Compositing Supervisor
Avatar
Lead Compositor
Quantum of Solace
Lead Compositor
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian