A director and VFX artist with 18+ years’ experience on campaigns for IKEA, McDonald’s, and Skittles, and longform projects for BBC and Amazon. I work across every stage of production — from concept and pitch development through to direction, animation, compositing, and final delivery. I’ve collaborated with agencies including Mother, Wieden+Kennedy, and BBH, and I like projects that balance smart ideas, strong design, and a bit of humour. I enjoy being part of a team that values craft and collaboration, bringing my directing and VFX background together to help create distinctive visual work. My reels: 🎬 Directing: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ 💻 VFX: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Chris Bristow

A director and VFX artist with 18+ years’ experience on campaigns for IKEA, McDonald’s, and Skittles, and longform projects for BBC and Amazon. I work across every stage of production — from concept and pitch development through to direction, animation, compositing, and final delivery. I’ve collaborated with agencies including Mother, Wieden+Kennedy, and BBH, and I like projects that balance smart ideas, strong design, and a bit of humour. I enjoy being part of a team that values craft and collaboration, bringing my directing and VFX background together to help create distinctive visual work. My reels: 🎬 Directing: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ 💻 VFX: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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A director and VFX artist with 18+ years’ experience on campaigns for IKEA, McDonald’s, and Skittles, and longform projects for BBC and Amazon. I work across every stage of production — from concept and pitch development through to direction, animation, compositing, and final delivery.

I’ve collaborated with agencies including Mother, Wieden+Kennedy, and BBH, and I like projects that balance smart ideas, strong design, and a bit of humour. I enjoy being part of a team that values craft and collaboration, bringing my directing and VFX background together to help create distinctive visual work.

My reels:
🎬 Directing: Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup
💻 VFX: Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Director at The Visionaries
January 1, 2023 - Present
Freelance Director.
Director at Blink Productions / BlinkInk
January 1, 2021 - October 21, 2025
Directed over 200 commercials across 2D/3D animation, stop motion and live action. Wrote and directed spots for major clients including Three Mobile, Skittles, IKEA, McDonalds and Amazon. Led multidisciplinary teams locally and remotely from concept to post-production. Delivered hundreds of social-format comedy spots. Spoke at Facebook and ad agencies about short-form storytelling.
Founder and VFX Artist at DADHAT VFX
January 1, 2013 - Present
Founder and VFX Artist. Contributed to hundreds of projects across commercials, series and music videos. Specialized in all aspects of compositing, supervision, and bespoke pipelines. Worked on BBC's Ghosts, Amazon's Deep Cover and Disney's A Real Bugs Life, Involved in shoots and VFX on directing projects.
VFX Artist & Supervisor at Munky VFX
January 1, 2013 - October 21, 2025
Contributed to hundreds of projects including BBC's Ghosts, Amazon Prime and Facebook, and music videos for Hot Chip. Specialized in all things compositing - roto, matte painting, keying, tracking, comping and grading/finishing. Collaborated creatively with directors, producers, and other artists to achieve ideas through a bespoke pipeline while maintaining high production value. Supervised shoots for commercials, series and music videos, and always had a hand in the VFX on directing jobs.

Education

BSc at Staffordshire University
September 11, 2003 - January 1, 2007

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services