Christopher Kai "Chris" Olsen (born September 10, 1970) is an American film director and producer. He started working at Big Idea when he helped with the animation for the first VeggieTales episode Where's God When I'm S-Scared?.
He left around 1998, shortly after Madame Blueberry came out.
After leaving, he directed and produced several PBS specials, and created a few animated shorts; "Threads: A Pond Full of Pigs" (also distributed by Everland Entertainment), and "Karl Dahl and the Golden Cube".
Works with VeggieTales
Episodes
- Where's God When I'm S-Scared?
- God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
- Are You My Neighbor? (Lenny Carrot)
- Rack, Shack and Benny (Pea Choir, uncredited)
- Dave and the Giant Pickle (Christophe Pea and Fairgoer)
- The Toy That Saved Christmas (Party Guest and Hack Victim)
- Very Silly Songs!
- Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!
- Josh and the Big Wall!
- Madame Blueberry (Special Thanks)
Specials
- Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories
- More of Bob and Larry's Favorite Stories
- Heroes of the Bible!
- Lessons from the Sock Drawer
- God Made You Special
- Larry Learns to Listen
- God Loves You Very Much
Albums
- A Very Veggie Christmas (Crowd)
Fun Facts
Trivia
- When he was hired to animate for the series, Chris would incorporate iconography signs in a few episodes. Some of them include the lions sign from Daniel and the Lion's Den and the boat sign from Larry's Lagoon.
Shots animated by Chris Olsen
Designer
Lion sign
Designed the three pictures
Boat sign
City background
Designed and built the set
Built the entire set
