Christian Rivers

Christian Rivers
Born	Christian Rivers 1974 Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation	Storyboard artist, Visual effects supervisor Special effects technician and Film director
Years active	1992–present

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 also cameoed in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King as a Gondorian soldier and King Kong as a Soldier in Truck. He is also going to direct the upcoming adaptation of Mortal Engines and the remake of The Dam Busters both produced by Peter Jackson.

Christian Rivers started his career by storyboarding Peter Jackson's Braindead right after finishing high school. He has since then continued to work for Jackson on storyboards, special effects, visual effects and second unit directing on The Hobbit trilogy. On King Kong he directed the previz of the fight between King Kong and the three T-rexes. The sequence was used as the blueprint for the final version, giving Rivers a direction credit for the scene. Rivers went on directing his first shot film, Feeder, and second unit directing on the 2016 remake of Pete's Dragon.

In December 2009, it was stated that the New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson intended to make a movie based on Mortal Engines. On 25 October 2016, Peter Jackson announced that WingNut Films has started work on producing a feature film to be directed by Christian Rivers. The script has been written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The movie will be financed by MRC and Universal, and shooting will get underway in March 2017 in New Zealand. Producers Zane Weiner and Amanda Walker, who both worked on The Hobbit, will be spearheading the NZ based team, along with Deborah Forte in the US.

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