Director's Works
In Rancho Cucamonga, CA (yes, that’s a real place), Chris learned how to make films as a child by forcing his siblings to act in parody rap videos. His passion for storytelling, music, and off-color comedy has led to his previous work as a freelance music journalist, and Video Producer at GQ and Apple. His work has been supported by the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation, Issa Rae's Short Film Sundays, the Middlebury Script Lab, MTV, and BET. In 2021 and 2022, he was selected as an SFFILM Filmhouse Resident to develop his feature film “Rolling Stone”, which was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant in Spring 2020. He holds an M.A in Arts Politics from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, in addition to a B.F.A in Film and Television from Tisch. His short film “Terminally Ill” is a Vimeo Staff Pick, and won the Audience Award and Oscar-qualifying Jury Award for Comedy at Aspen Shortsfest, and a silver screen Young Director Award for Creative Use of Sound. “Terminally Ill” is a proof of concept for his feature film “Fonzel and Gloria”, which received the Rainin Grant for Development in 2024.
