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=== Early work - comic books and film special effects ===
Between circa 1990 and 1992, he worked as a comic book artist for [[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]] working under the pseudonym "Chris Halls" (Halls is his stepfather's surname).<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=droid zone |url=http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=CHRISH |access-date=2009-08-30 |publisher=2000AD Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-13 |title=Stray Thoughts 7/13/23: Chris Cunningham's Judge Dredd Comics |url=https://samthielman.com/2023/07/13/stray-thoughts-7-13-23/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=GRAPHOMANIA |language=en}}</ref> He worked on comics including ''[[Alien (franchise)|Aliens]]'' and ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000AD Chris Halls/Chris Cunningham Judge Rico and ABC Warrior from Judge Dredd:The Movie 1995, in Ken & Trevor Brennan's Chris Halls/Chris Cunningham Comic Art Gallery Room |url=https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1824832 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=www.comicartfans.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wmmvrrvrrmm |title=Alien Explorations: Chris Cunningham's / Halls' earlier Alien artwork |url=https://alienexplorations.blogspot.com/1992/10/chris-cunningham-halls-earlier-allen.html |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=Alien Explorations}}</ref> His contributions included cover paintings and strips''.''<ref name=":0" />

Also from around 1990, he worked on films including model-making, [[prosthetic make-up]] and concept illustrations. He worked on films including ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]'' (1990) and ''[[Dust Devil (film)|Dust Devil]]'' (1992) for [[Richard Stanley (film director)|Richard Stanley]], ''[[Nightbreed]]'' (1990) for [[Clive Barker]], and ''[[Alien 3|Alien<sup>3</sup>]]'' (1992) for [[David Fincher]].

After seeing Cunningham's work on the 1995 film version of ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'', [[Stanley Kubrick]] head-hunted Cunningham to work on ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/pr06.html|title=Chris Cunningham ·· Press|date=23 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623094651/http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/pr06.html|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=23 June 2011}}</ref> For Kubrick, Cunningham designed and supervised [[Animatronics|animatronic]] prototypes of David; the central robot child character. Cunningham worked for over a year on the film. However, around this time Kubrick put the film on hold, with Cunningham going on to pursue a career as a director.