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1925-06-15
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Richard Baker

Overview

Richard Baker is a visual effects professional holding dual U.S. and U.K. citizenship, with a career spanning major feature films and television. Early in his career, he worked as a compositor at prestigious studios, including Framestore and Cinesite. He later became a compositing supervisor at MPC in London, contributing to large-scale productions like The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Clash of the Titans, and 10,000 BC.

Transitioning into stereoscopic work, Baker joined Prime Focus World in London, where he supervised the stereo conversion pipeline for films such as Gravity, World War Z, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and Frankenweenie. His responsibilities included guiding the setup of a division dedicated to stereo conversion, deploying advanced geometry mapping techniques for realistic depth, and overseeing over 900 stereo-converted shots for Edge of Tomorrow.

In more recent years, Richard Baker has held VFX supervision roles on several high-profile projects, particularly within the Netflix ecosystem. He has served as studio or production visual effects supervisor on The Noel Diary, Me Time, A Boy Called Christmas, We Can Be Heroes, Hillbilly Elegy, and Da 5 Bloods. He also served as an additional visual effects supervisor on They Cloned Tyrone and Red One and was the production visual effects supervisor on The Kitchen.

Known for

Acting

1981 Madhouse Actor Sacha Robertson Jr. 58
Average

Production

2010 Crazy on the Outside Production Producer 57
Average
2002 The Santa Clause 2 Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1997 For Richer or Poorer Production Executive Producer 59
Average
1983 A Night with Lou Reed Production Producer 58
Average

Visual Effects

2023 The Kitchen Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 56
Average
2020 The Devil All the Time Visual Effects VFX Supervisor 70
Good
2017 Loving Pablo Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 61
Fair
2015 The Martian Visual Effects Stereoscopic Supervisor 76
Good
2014 Edge of Tomorrow Visual Effects Stereoscopic Supervisor 75
Good
2010 Clash of the Titans Visual Effects Compositing Supervisor 58
Average
2009 Angels & Demons Visual Effects Compositing Supervisor 66
Fair
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Visual Effects Digital Compositor 70
Good
2005 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Visual Effects Digital Compositor 65
Fair
2004 King Arthur Visual Effects Digital Compositor 62
Fair