Christian Rivers

thumb|169x169px|Christian Rivers in 2001
Christian Rivers (born 1974) is a New Zealand film director and visual effects artist, known for collaborating frequently with Peter Jackson, since the making of Braindead when Rivers was 17.
== Involvement ==
He joined Wētā Workshop full-time in 1993 as a conceptual illustrator and creature designer.Gary Russell, The Art of The Two Towers, Introduction by Christian Rivers For the production of Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy beginning in 1997, he served also as art director of Wētā Digital and supervisor of storyboards. Joe Letteri succeeded him as supervisor of Wētā Digital for the production of The Two Towers and The Return of the King. Alongside Alan Lee and John Howe, Rivers and others made numerous concept sketches for creatures and places seen in the trilogy. The final design of Grond was based on Rivers' drawings.Gary Russell, The Art of The Return of the King, pg. 91
In The Fellowship of the Ringfilm, Rivers' wedding ring was used as one of the props for the One Ring. In The Return of the King, he makes a cameo as a guard of the beacon at Minas Tirith.
Rivers had earlier been storyboard artist for Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures and The Frighteners, and later was VFX supervisor for King Kong (2005) and The Hobbittrilogy (2012 - 2014).
In 2017, he directed Mortal Engines, on a screenplay by Jackson and Fran Walsh, adapting the 2001 children's book.
== Documentary appearances ==
*The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
**Part One: From Book to Vision  >  Visualizing the Story & Designing and Building Middle-earth
**Part Two: From Vision to Reality  >  Visual Effects  >  Wētā Digital
**Part Three: The Journey Continues  >   The Taming of Sméagol
**Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins  >   Visual Effects  >   Miniatures & Wētā Digital
**Part Five: The War of the Ring  >  Designing and Building Middle-earth  > Wētā Workshop
**Part Six: The Passing of an Age  >  Visual Effects  >  Wētā Digital
==External links==
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== See also ==
* Richard Taylor
* Jamie Selkirk
* Daniel Falconer
==References==
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Category:Members of Wētā
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