Chris Lawrence (visual effects)

{{Short description|UK visual effects artist (1979-)}}

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Chris Lawrence is a visual effects supervisor. Lawrence and his fellow visual effects artists received an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the 2013 film, Gravity.{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/86th.html|access-date=August 27, 2014|title=86th Academy Award}} In 2016, Lawrence received his second Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, The Martian,{{Cite web |title=The Martian {{!}} Computer Graphics World |url=https://www.cgw.com/Press-Center/In-Focus/2015/The-Martian.aspx |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.cgw.com}} at the 88th Academy Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2016|title=88th Academy Awards|access-date=January 18, 2016|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}} In 2018, he received his third Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, Christopher Robin,{{Cite web |title=Framestore Delivers Spectacular Character Effects for Disney's 'Christopher Robin' |url=https://www.awn.com/vfxworld/framestore-delivers-spectacular-character-effects-disneys-christopher-robin |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=Animation World Network |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Christopher Robin: Making Magic with Mixed Formats - The American Society of Cinematographers (en-US) |url=https://theasc.com/articles/christopher-robin-making-magic-with-mixed-formats |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=theasc.com}} at the 91st Academy Awards, and received his fourth nomination in 2021, at the 93rd Academy Awards for the 2020 Netflix film The Midnight Sky.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-28 |title=How the 'Midnight Sky' VFX team pulled off the film's most shocking scene |url=https://beforesandafters.com/2020/12/28/how-the-midnight-sky-vfx-team-pulled-off-the-films-most-shocking-scene/ |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=befores & afters |language=en-US}} He is the eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet of Lucknow.