Christopher is currently adapting Peter Stansky’s
ground-breaking biography Orwell:
The Transformation,
into a five part limited series. This Rashoman-esque look at
how George Orwell came to write his most famous novel, 1984, is told from the
different perspectives of those who knew him best. In this
time of rising authoritarianism and “alternate facts,” 1984
is once again at the top of best-seller lists.
Previously, Christopher adapted Thomas Keneally’s (Schindler’s
List) epic novel of Africa, To
Asmara, into a feature film for London-based Global
Watch Films. Christopher is also developing three
dramatic hour-long medical television series with his writing
partner, the author and surgeon, Dr.
Joshua Spanogle, including The Bend, about a
hotshot Miami plastic surgeon who founds a gender affirmation
surgery clinic in a small, conservative Wyoming town.
Christopher is also the author the art heist novel,
The
Mona Lisa Speaks. Published by Over The Edge
Books, this glowingly reviewed thriller is a fictional modern
re-telling of the actual theft of the Mona Lisa from the
Louvre in 1911.
An award-winning filmmaker,
Christopher wrote and
directed This
Is Not A Test, which won five awards at major
film festivals, including best director at the Boston
International Film Festival and the audience award at the
Urbanworld Film Festival. A satire about homeland security,
in which a man’s fear of a possible terrorist attack drives
him to extremes, it stars Hill Harper, Robinne Lee, and Tom
Arnold and premiered on Showtime.
Christopher started directing
features after he won an Academy Award™ for best student film
for his short, Mr.
October, a romantic comedy about a guy who believes he’s
cursed by the month of October. Christopher graduated with an
MFA from the University of Southern California Film and
Television Program.
Christopher is also an
accomplished film editor and was nominated for an Emmy™ for
best editing for his work on James Cameron’s Expedition
Bismarck. He also collaborated closely with Garry
Shandling, editing over eight hours of original documentary
and comedic material for the “Not
Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show" collection.
Christopher came to USC after
graduating from Yale with a degree in literature and
philosophy where his thesis examined film's relation to
literature. Christopher is a citizen of the United States,
United Kingdom, and Canada. He is currently based in Los
Angeles.