Richard Baker
Visual Effects

Richard Baker

June 15, 1925 (100 years old)

Biography

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

Madhouse

Madhouse

1981 • Movie

Movie Credits (5)

Acting

1981

Madhouse

as Sacha Robertson Jr.

Crew

2002

The Santa Clause 2

Executive Producer

2010

Crazy on the Outside

Producer

1997

For Richer or Poorer

Executive Producer

1983

A Night with Lou Reed

Producer

TV Credits (1)

Crew

1976

Live from Lincoln Center

Producer

Personal Info

Known For
Visual Effects
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 15, 1925 (100 years old)
Popularity
0.5

Career Stats

5
Movies
1
TV Shows