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Christina Graff(III)

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Award-winning Visual Effects Producer, Consultant & Supervisor for films, series & commercials. Co-Founder and CFO of Crazy Horse Effects, Inc (CHE) & the former Crazy Horse East (CHE).

Christina's career began as an editor of award-winning documentaries and features in Berlin, Germany. After moving to Los Angeles in 2001, she transitioned to producing visual effects on titles including There Will Be Blood, Tropic Thunder and John Adams for Robert Stromberg's company, Digital Backlot.

Alongside VFX Supervisor, Paul Graff, in 2008 Christina founded Crazy Horse Effects, Inc (CHE) in Los Angeles & Crazy Horse East, Inc (CHE) in New York in 2012. Among some of the films and TV series featuring her work as overall VFX Producer or VFX Supervisor are The Boogeyman, Stranger Things, Water for Elephants, Snowden and There Will Be Blood. Christina created visual effects for Boardwalk Empire, The Pacific, A Game of Thrones, Black Sails and The Life of Pi among numerous others works. She has won one Emmy and received additional Emmy and Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations and was instrumental in obtaining multiple wins for CHE & Paul Graff. Christina continues to work as a production-side VFX Producer or Supervisor.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Known for

    Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Visual Effects
    Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Robert Pattinson, and Tai in Water for Elephants (2011)
    Water for Elephants
    6.9
    • Visual Effects
    • 2011
    Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Mowery in John Adams (2008)
    John Adams
    8.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Visual Effects
    Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood (2007)
    There Will Be Blood
    8.2
    • Visual Effects
    • 2007

    Credits

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    Visual Effects



    • Visitation (2026)
      Visitation
      7.2
      • visual effects designer
      • visual effects supervisor
      • 2026
    • The Boogeyman (2023)
      The Boogeyman
      5.9
      • visual effects producer
      • 2023
    • Olivia Scott Welch in Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part Three - 1666
      6.6
      • visual effects producer
      • 2021
    • Sadie Sink in Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part Two - 1978
      6.7
      • senior visual effects producer
      • 2021
    • Kiana Madeira, Lloyd Pitts, and Noah Bain Garret in Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021)
      Fear Street: Part One - 1994
      6.2
      • senior visual effects producer
      • 2021
    • Leslie Bibb, Josh Duhamel, Elena Kampouris, and Andrew Horton in Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
      Jupiter's Legacy
      6.7
      TV Series
      • senior visual effects producer
      • 2021
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • senior visual effects producer
      • 2017
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden (2016)
      Snowden
      7.3
      • visual effects: Crazy Horse Effects
      • 2016
    • Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
      Independence Day: Resurgence
      5.2
      • visual effects producer: CHE
      • 2016
    • Toby Stephens in Black Sails (2014)
      Black Sails
      8.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: CHE
      • visual effects executive producer: CHE
      • visual effects producer: Crazy Horse Effects (uncredited) ...
      • 2014–2016
    • Sean Bean in Game of Thrones (2011)
      Game of Thrones
      9.2
      TV Series
      • visual effects: Crazy Horse Effects
      • 2014–2015
    • Queen Latifah in Bessie (2015)
      Bessie
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • senior visual effects producer: Crazy Horse East
      • 2015
    • Matthew McConaughey, Ken Watanabe, and Naomi Watts in The Sea of Trees (2015)
      The Sea of Trees
      6.1
      • visual effects producer: CHE
      • 2015
    • Boardwalk Empire (2010)
      Boardwalk Empire
      8.5
      TV Series
      • visual effects producer: CHE
      • visual effects producer: Crazy Horse Effects
      • visual effects executive producer ...
      • 2010–2014
    • Joaquin Phoenix in Inherent Vice (2014)
      Inherent Vice
      6.6
      • visual effects producer: Crazy Horse Effects
      • 2014

    Editor



    • One Voice
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • Post-production



    • Nobody
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • 2002
    • Randy V. Brooks and Matthew Matney in Heaven on Earth (2001)
      Heaven on Earth
      7.0
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • 2001
    • Körper (2000)
      Körper
      TV Movie
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • 2000
    • Gute Reise Faust
      TV Movie
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • 1999
    • Kurt Gerrons Karussell (1999)
      Kurt Gerrons Karussell
      4.8
      • Editor
      • 1999
    • Allee der Kosmonauten
      TV Movie
      • editor
      • 1998
    • Daniel Veluzat in Good Guys & Bad Guys (1997)
      Good Guys & Bad Guys
      • Editor (as Xina Graff)
      • 1997

    Art Department



    • Life Is All You Get (1997)
      Life Is All You Get
      7.2
      • art department
      • 1997

    Personal details

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      • Visual Effects Company
    • Alternative name
      • Xina Graff
    • Other works
      AFI FEST, IFP LAFF, Denver International Film Festival,
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      • 1 Interview
      • 15 Articles

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