Chris Cunningham

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"<b>Chris Cunningham</b> is a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_artist" title="Video artist" class="mw-redirect">video artist</a>. He was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire" title="Reading, Berkshire">Reading, Berkshire</a> in 1970 and grew up in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakenheath" title="Lakenheath">Lakenheath</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>.

Cunningham has primarily directed music videos for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient_music" title="Ambient music">ambient music</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronica" title="Electronica">electronica</a> acts such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autechre" title="Autechre">Autechre</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphex_Twin" title="Aphex Twin">Aphex Twin</a>. He has also created art installations and directed short movies. He was approached to direct a movie version of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk" title="Cyberpunk">cyberpunk</a> novel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer" title="Neuromancer"><i>Neuromancer</i></a>, but nothing came of early discussions. In the 2000s, Cunningham began doing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_production" title="Music production" class="mw-redirect">music production</a> work. He has also designed album artwork for a variety of musicians.

The video collection <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_of_Director_Chris_Cunningham" title="The Work of Director Chris Cunningham" class="mw-redirect">The Work of Director Chris Cunningham</a></i> was released in November 2004 as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Label" title="Directors Label">Directors Label</a> set. This DVD includes selected highlights from 1995–2000.

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After seeing Cunningham's work on the 1995 film version of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd%28film%29" title="Judge Dredd (film)">Judge Dredd</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Kubrick" title="Stanley Kubrick">Stanley Kubrick</a> head-hunted Cunningham<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#cite_note-1"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">[</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#cite_note-1"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">1</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#cite_note-1"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference">]</sup></a> to design and supervise <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animatronics" title="Animatronics">animatronic</a> tests of the central robot child character in his version of the film <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.%28film%29" title="A.I. (film)" class="mw-redirect"><i>A.I. Artificial Intelligence</i></a>. Cunningham worked for over a year on the film before leaving to pursue a career as a director.

Earlier work in film included model-making, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosthetic_make-up" title="Prosthetic make-up" class="mw-redirect">prosthetic make-up</a> and concept illustrations for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%28film%29" title="Hardware (film)">Hardware</a></i> and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Devil%281993_film%29" title="Dust Devil (1993 film)" class="mw-redirect">Dust Devil</a></i> for director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stanley_%28film_director%29" title="Richard Stanley (film director)" class="mw-redirect">Richard Stanley</a>; work on <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightbreed" title="Nightbreed">Nightbreed</a></i> for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker" title="Clive Barker">Clive Barker</a>; and on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien3" title="Alien3" class="mw-redirect"><i>Alien</i></a>^{<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien3" title="Alien3" class="mw-redirect"><i>3</i></a>} for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Fincher" title="David Fincher">David Fincher</a>. Between 1990 and 1992, he contributed the occasional cover painting and strip to <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Dredd_Megazine" title="Judge Dredd Megazine">Judge Dredd Megazine</a></i>, working under the pseudonym "Chris Halls"; Halls is his stepfather's surname.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>"

source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham</a></p>