Milk appoints Chris Burn as Group Managing Director

Member News  |  21 August 2024

The award-winning VFX studio has appointed Chris Burn as Group Managing Director.

Chris Burn, Group Managing Director at Milk

Milk has announced that Chris Burn has been appointed as Group Managing Director to lead the Milk team across the Group’s studios in London, France, Spain and Ireland, promoting creativity, client collaboration, innovation, and excellence. As Managing Director, he will oversee and develop day-to-day operations, ensuring that Milk consistently delivers shows seamlessly for our clients at the highest quality.

Chris Burn has over 20 years of experience working in the VFX industry. He started initially as an artist and supervisor, before moving into leadership and strategic growth opportunities. His creative credits include The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Alien vs Predator, Batman Begins, and The Matrix Reloaded. Chris is passionate about creating the best possible culture and environment for teams to excel.

Chris’ arrival comes at the perfect time to elevate the management team as Milk delivers the ambitious new eight part NBC series, Surviving Earth, and works on a number of great shows across Milk, Lola and its other studios.

We are delighted to welcome someone with Chris’ breadth and depth of experience to our senior leadership team. His expertise, energy and focus will help us realise our vision of building a distinctive independent VFX business of scale, with a boutique mentality.

Jag Mundi, Executive Chairman of Milk

I’m pleased to be joining this wonderful team. Milk is all about talented people who love what they do and I’ve admired their creativity and collaborative culture for some time.

The leadership team has great ambition for Milk. I look forward to building on the work already done to enable our talented people to innovate and continue to produce outstanding award-winning work with our production partners.

Chris Burn, Group Managing Director at Milk

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