Christopher "Chris" Baker (also known as Fangorn) was a cover artist for British and German versions of the Redwall books. He also provided the interior illustrations for three books and served as a creative consultant for the Redwall TV Series. Baker works as a storyboard and film conceptual artist, and has worked with Stanley Kubrick.
Baker's pseudnonym "Fangorn" is derived from a character of J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series.
He was born August 17th, 1960, in Birmingham, England.
Education: Bournville School of Art
Films
- Gravity (2012) (concept artist)
- 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)
- Big Fish (2003) - storyboards (in 2002)
- Road to Perdition (2002) - storyboards (in 2000)
- The Time Machine (2002) - concept/storyboard artist (uncredited) (in 2000)
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) - concept/storyboard artist (in 1999)
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) - concept artist (in 1996)
Books
UK covers and UK/US 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)