Chris Juen is a seasoned producer and visual effects expert who has played a key role in major Hollywood productions over the past two decades. He began his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks, working on live-action‑to‑CG hybrid films, and eventually helped launch the Sony Pictures Animation division after contributing to Robert Zemeckis’s The Polar Express. Over the years, Juen took on pivotal production roles for animated hits like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, its sequel, Arthur Christmas, and Surf’s Up, as well as visual effects production on Beowulf and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. 

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In 2015, Juen co‑founded Out of Order Studios alongside Chad Gundersen, stepping into the world of faith‑based television. As executive producer and visual effects lead, he has helped shepherd The Chosen — the multi‑season series dramatizing the life of Jesus — into becoming a cultural phenomenon. His versatile background in animation, technical artistry, and large‑scale storytelling brings a unique creative depth to both cinematic and serialized projects.