Christopher "Chris" Baker (also known as Fangorn) is a cover artist for UK and German editions of Redwall books. He also provided the interior illustrations for three Redwall novels and served as a creative consultant for the Nelvana Redwall TV Series. Baker works as a storyboard and film conceptual artist, and has worked with Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg, and Tim Burton.
Baker's pseudonym "Fangorn" is derived from a character of J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.
Read the Redwall Wiki's 2022 interview with Chris Baker here.
Awards[]
- 2019 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Best Artwork Award for the Wourism and Other Stories by Ian Whates cover
Films[]
- Dumbo (2019) - storyboard artist
- Ready Player One (2018) - storyboard artist
- Mary Queen of Scots (2018) - design
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - concept artist
- Spectre (2015) - storyboard artist
- Gravity (2013) - concept artist
- Skyfall (2012) - concept design and storyboards
- Red Tails (2012) - storyboard artist
- Arthur Christmas (2011) - concept design
- Alice in Wonderland (2010) - storyboard/concept artist: UK
- Leap Year (2010) - storyboard artist
- The Tale of Despereaux (2008) - environmental designer
- Quantum of Solace (2008) - conceptual design and storyboards
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - storyboard artist
- The Golden Compass (2007) (storyboard artist)
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - concept/storyboards (in 2004)
- Corpse Bride (2005) - concept design (in 2003)
- War of the Worlds (2005) - storyboard artist
- Big Fish (2003) - storyboards (in 2002)
- Road to Perdition (2002) - storyboards (in 2000)
- The Time Machine (2002) - concept/storyboard artist (uncredited) (in 2000)
- A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) - concept/storyboard artist (in 1999)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - concept artist (in 1996)
Books[]
UK covers and UK/U.S. illustrations[]
UK covers only[]
- Mariel of Redwall
- Salamandastron
- Martin the Warrior
- The Bellmaker
- Outcast of Redwall
- The Pearls of Lutra
- The Long Patrol
- The Taggerung
German covers[]
- Redwall (for Bertelsmann, circa 1999)
- Mossflower (for Bertelsmann, circa 1999)
- Mattimeo (for Bertelsmann)
- Mariel of Redwall (for Bertelsmann)