Chris Staves

Chris Staves 

Cris Staves was a partner and director with Psyop, and creative director and founder of MassMarket in New York. Previous to that, he was a founder and creative director at Method in Los Angeles. He has now crossed over the Atlantic and is the newest member of Amsterdam based studio, PostPanic.

Chris’s background is as a visual effects artist and over the years, he’s worked with several prominent directors including Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, Gore Verbinski and Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine). This last collaboration culminated in an MTV Music Video Award for Chris for Best Visual Effects for The Smashing Pumpkins, "Tonight, Tonight". He also directed spots for Psyop, sometimes as collaborations with other Psyop directors and sometimes on his own, including the famous Siemens spot, “Building Blocks”. 

If you want to know more about Chris and his experiences, don’t miss this exciting artist talk.