• Monday, Jul. 2, 2018
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Framestore adds Chris Beers as compositing lead
Chris Beers
  • CHICAGO
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Chris Beers as joined Framestore as compositing lead. Based in the company’s Chicago studio, Beers will be working across a variety of clients with the Windy City team, as well as delving into Nuke projects of his own.

Beers earned a BFA in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics at The Illinois Institute of Art. Upon graduation, he honed his skills as a junior motion graphics artist at Leviathan in Chicago, and has since worked on projects of all sizes.

Career highlights include working as an After Effects artist on an expansive projection mapping project for Brazilian musician Amon Tobin’s ISAM world tour, and as a Nuke compositor for the title sequences on Marvel films Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, and Doctor Strange. Most notably Beers was lead compositor on the series finale of Netflix science fiction drama Sense8, having worked with the team as a Nuke compositor across both seasons of the critically acclaimed show.

Krystina Wilson, managing director, Framestore Chicago, said, “We are thrilled that after years of freelancing, growing his portfolio across different disciplines, and working on so many noteworthy projects, Chris has chosen Framestore as his permanent home.”

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