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Chris Casady

  • Visual Effects
  • Animation Department
  • Director
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Chris Casady is known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Tron (1982) and Highlander II: The Quickening (1991).
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
    8.6
    • Visual Effects
    • 1977
    Tron (1982)
    Tron
    6.7
    • Visual Effects
    • 1982
    Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
    Highlander II: The Quickening
    4.2
    • Visual Effects(as Chris Cassidy)
    • 1991
    Promo Poster
    The Adventures of Pluto Nash
    3.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Visual Effects

    • Promo Poster
      The Adventures of Pluto Nash
      3.9
      • digital artist: Flash Film Works
      • 2002
    • Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995)
      Tank Girl
      5.4
      • additional opticals: Roto FX of America
      • 1995
    • Patricia Arquette, Johnny Depp, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Landau, Lisa Marie, and George 'The Animal' Steele in Ed Wood (1994)
      Ed Wood
      7.8
      • visual effects animation
      • 1994
    • Edward Furlong and T. Ryder Smith in Brainscan (1994)
      Brainscan
      6.0
      • animation: lightning
      • 1994
    • Leslie Nielsen in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
      Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
      6.5
      • additional animator
      • 1994
    • Bobcat Goldthwait, Mr. T, Randy Quaid, Tim Burns, John Hawkes, Jeff Kahn, Karyn Malchus, Derek McGrath, Michael Stoyanov, Megan Ward, Alex Winter, and Alex Zuckerman in Freaked (1993)
      Freaked
      6.4
      • animation effects
      • 1993
    • Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
      Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice
      4.4
      • visual effects animator
      • 1992
    • Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, and Meshach Taylor in Mannequin: On the Move (1991)
      Mannequin: On the Move
      4.5
      • animation
      • 1991
    • Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert in Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
      Highlander II: The Quickening
      4.2
      • animation supervisor (as Chris Cassidy)
      • 1991
    • Robert Beltran, Jacqueline Bisset, Paul Bartel, Ed Begley Jr., Wallace Shawn, Mary Woronov, Paul Mazursky, Edith Diaz, Barret Oliver, Rebecca Schaeffer, Ray Sharkey, and Arnetia Walker in Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989)
      Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
      5.9
      • animation sequence: CFI-EFX (as Chris Cassidy)
      • 1989
    • Food of the Gods II (1989)
      Food of the Gods II
      4.2
      • rotoscope artist
      • 1989
    • Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite in Back to Neverland (1989)
      Back to Neverland
      7.3
      Short
      • effects animator (uncredited)
      • 1989
    • Purple People Eater (1988)
      Purple People Eater
      4.6
      • effects animation director
      • 1988
    • Short Circuit (1986)
      Short Circuit
      6.6
      • special visual effects
      • 1986
    • Fisher Stevens, John Stockwell, Raphael Sbarge, and Danielle von Zerneck in My Science Project (1985)
      My Science Project
      5.9
      • effects animator
      • 1985

    Animation Department

    • Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell, Robin Tunney, and Rachel True in The Craft (1996)
      The Craft
      6.5
      • animator: lightning bolt
      • 1996
    • The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (1994)
      The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
      8.1
      Short
      • rotoscope artist (uncredited)
      • 1994
    • Alapalooza: The Videos (1993)
      Alapalooza: The Videos
      6.0
      Video
      • cel animator: video "Jurassic Park"
      • 1993
    • 'Weird Al' Yankovic: Jurassic Park (1993)
      'Weird Al' Yankovic: Jurassic Park
      7.6
      Music Video
      • animator
      • 1993
    • Bobcat Goldthwait, Mr. T, Randy Quaid, Tim Burns, John Hawkes, Jeff Kahn, Karyn Malchus, Derek McGrath, Michael Stoyanov, Megan Ward, Alex Winter, and Alex Zuckerman in Freaked (1993)
      Freaked
      6.4
      • animator
      • 1993
    • Beastie Boys: Shadrach (1989)
      Beastie Boys: Shadrach
      6.7
      Music Video
      • animation director
      • 1989
    • Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, Christopher Plummer, Cory 'Bumper' Yothers, Larry Cedar, Redmond Gleeson, Peter Jason, David Patrick Kelly, and Chris Mulkey in Dreamscape (1984)
      Dreamscape
      6.3
      • animator
      • 1984

    Director

    • Pencil Dance
      Short
      • Director
      • 1988

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Chris Cassidy

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