Chris Morley

Known for Visual EffectsHonolulu, Hawaii, USA

Chris Morley (born 1997) is an American Senior Visual Effects Supervisor and Chief Creative Officer at Base FX. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, he was educated at the Academy of Art University, where he earned a BFA in motion pictures and computer arts, grounding his practice in traditional artistic principles before transitioning into digital production. His career began at Tippett Studio in 2000 as a rotoscope and paint artist. This formative period led to advanced work in compositing and, ultimately, to senior leadership roles supervising visual effects pipelines across productions. Morley spent over two decades at Tippett Studio, rising to the position of visual effects supervisor and becoming closely associated with the studio's distinctive blend of practical effects, animation, and digital compositing. A protégé of Phil Tippett, he collaborated extensively on projects that emphasised tactile, grounded imagery, including the stop-motion feature Mad God (2021), on which he served as a visual effects supervisor, compositor, director of photography, and practical effects contributor. His long-standing collaboration with Tippett extended to Disney's Star Wars franchise films, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker (2019), as well as features like Cloverfield (2008), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Alien: Romulus (2024). In television, Morley has supervised visual effects on a wide range of high-profile series, including The Orville (2017), The Mandalorian (2019), The Witcher (2019), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), The Book of Boba Fett (2021), Secret Invasion (2023), Ted (2024), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2024), and Ironheart (2025). Beyond episodic television, he has supervised effects on international features such as Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023) and Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025). Morley's work has been recognised with multiple industry honours, including Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021), as well as Visual Effects Society Award nominations for Mad God (2021) and the special venue project Dream of Anhui (2017). In 2025, he joined Base FX as Chief Creative Officer and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor.Read more

Movies & web series

The Mandalorian

ted

The Witcher

BEEF

Upload

Locke & Key

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

The Orville

Mutiny

Mad God Ghoul Log

Poker Face

The Book of Boba Fett

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Alien: Romulus

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms

Mad God: Part 2

The Fantastic 4: First Steps

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Gaslit

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Mad God

Black Adam

The Resort

Cloverfield

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force

Secret Invasion

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Soul Snatcher

Mad God: Part 1

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Horns

Men in Black II

Mad God: Part 3

Hemingway & Gellhorn

The Remaining

The Toxic Avenger Unrated

Priest

Lost in Russia

The Stepford Wives

The Crossing I

Genghis Khan

Ironheart

After Earth

Undo

Keep the Gaslight Burning

Cammy & Mike