Christian Rivers

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-01-01 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Wellington, Nuova Zelanda

Christian Rivers

Biography

Christian Rivers is a New Zealand storyboard artist, visual effects supervisor, special effects technician, and director. He first met Peter Jackson as a 17-year-old and storyboarded all of Jackson's films since Braindead. He made his directing debut in the film adaptation of Mortal Engines. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christian Rivers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

as Corsair of Umbar / Beacon Guard (uncredited)

Production

2009

The Lovely Bones

as Visual Effects Supervisor

2015

Feeder

as Director

2016

2018

Mortal Engines

as Director

2003

2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Visual Effects Designer

2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Visual Effects Designer

2002

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Visual Effects Designer

2014

2005

King Kong

as Animation Director

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