Chris Morley

Biography

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.