Christopher Morrison

Christopher is a multi-talented writer-director-actor who has worked on over 150 films, theatrical productions, VR, videogames, and immersive entertainments on three continents. He has worked with and trained top Hollywood talents such as Emily Deschanel, Lindsey Lohan, Alex Reid, Tanya Saracho, Raul Castillo, Dan Folger, Keith David, Zakes Mokae, Diane Ladd, as well as rising pop stars Tyler Cole and Madison Rose and punk goddess Haley Dahl of Sloppy Jane. His first feature film as a writer/director entitled 'The Bellwether' (the world's first female-lead solo film) was released in 2019. His award-winning shorts have also been distributed worldwide. He has written and directed 360 films and his VR branching-narrative piece "The Werewolf Experience" is being funded by the Flemish government and is due out in 2021. He has been commissioned for features, television pilots, and plays alike. He recently added "Narrative Designer" to his list of titles as he is a writer on the videogame "Ary and the Secret of the Seasons". In his theatrical career he has worked at some of the largest and well-respected theatre companies (Cirque du Soleil, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Huntington Theatre Company [both Tony winners]). He helped create and performed with Cirque du Soleil for their first ever immersive environment called, "The Bar at the Edge of the Earth". He ran Broken Buddha Productions for ten years exploring the intersection of theatre, dance, circus, martial-arts, gymnastics, stage-combat, and more, producing and directing five movement-based pieces for that company. He is also an award-winning fight choreographer. Four of his plays have been produced in California; Chicago; and Melbourne, Australia. Morrison was a co-founder of Impact Theatre in Berkeley, California, which lasted 20 seasons. His directing has been called "A brave move towards a different style of theatre," and Cirque du Soleil called him "A huge asset to the creative process." His theatrical direction has been seen on both coasts of the States as well as Chicago. He is also proud to have been an arts-educator for 20+ years and has former students working all over the world. He is a proud WGAw Caucus Member.