Chris Olivia was Chief Visual Officer at Cloud Imperium Games.[1][2][3]
Work at CIG
Chris Olivia was helping oversee the visual look of the universe and working with the art team, both in-house and freelancers, to see that the game is set in a convincing, believable and immersive world. He also helped design some of the alien races and fill in any other conceptual design cracks as needed.[4]
Other work
He worked with Chris Roberts on and off at 3 different companies, Origin Systems, Digital Anvil and CIG and has worked on Wing Commander III[5] and IV, Wing commander the movie, Freelancer, Brute Force and Star Citizen.[4] He worked on movies including Star Trek The Experience, Predators, Alita: Battle Angel and more.[6]
He was working at Lightbox, and when Lightbox shut down he was poached by Eric Peterson, alongside with Mark Skelton, Chris Smith, Bryan Brewer, Tom Sawyer.[7]
Trivia
- At the age of 21, he worked as a special make up effects artist for the adult film industry (freak films were popular at the time).[4]
- He worked with Robert Rodriguez’s in house creative visual development team for about 10 years.[5][4]
- He was a judge for The Next Great Starship.[2]
References
- ↑
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Next Great Starship . Meet the Judges . Chris Olivia
- ↑
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Shroud of the Avatar Live Dev Cam, Richard Garriott, YouTube, 7 Apr 2013
- ↑ Chris Olivia imdb page
- ↑ Star Citizen Live: Flight, Light & Insight, YouTube, 10 Feb 2023