Chris Graves

Chris Graves has been making animated and live action movies since he commandeered his neighbor's super-8 camera at the age of nine, and doing photography since building his own pinhole camera at age 11. He studied at the University of Colorado, concentrating on cinematography after studies in computer science, engineering, business, marketing and photojournalism. His first feature as Director of Photography was Trey Parker's "Cannibal: The Musical" with whom he shares a 1993 Student Academy Award in animation for the film American History. After completing his BFA in Film he pursued other interests outside of filmmaking: Internationally published photojournalist and fine art photographer, founder and publisher of the Denver arts magazine The Invisible Sun, and founder of MacHighway.com, now the world's largest Macintosh-centric web hosting company. In 2011 he returned full-time to his first love, filmmaking, co-writing and producing the TV pilot 13th and Pearl, starring Christine Elise McCarthy (ER, 90210). In 2013 he shot and co-produced the award-winning feature, The One Who Loves You. As of December 2014 he is producing two features, "The Joy of the Living" (also co-director, director of photography), and the documentary, The Secrets of Blackmoor (also co-director, director of photography).