Chris Lawrence (visual effects)

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Chris Lawrence
Occupation Visual effects supervisor
Years active2002–present

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 . [1] In 2016, Lawrence received his second Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, The Martian , at the 88th Academy Awards. [2] In 2018, he received his third Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, Christopher Robin , 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 . He is the eldest son and heir apparent of Sir Henry Lawrence, 7th Baronet of Lucknow.

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References

  1. "86th Academy Award" . Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  2. "88th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved January 18, 2016.