Chris is a dedicated feature writer and winner of the 2020 Humanitas Prize New Voices Fellowship. While in the program, Chris completed a sci-fi horror spec written under the mentorship of Vanessa Taylor (THE SHAPE OF WATER). The project was a semi-finalist in both the 2022 and 2023 Hollywood Climate Summit Pitchfest contests, and subsequently went through development with award-winning independent house 3311 Productions. His previous scripts have also placed in the Austin screenwriting competition and in the Nicholl.

Throughout his work Chris consistently explores themes of existentialism. He writes characters dealing with threats to their core identities, and the question of what roles they are supposed to play in life and society, and how and where to find purpose and meaning. Often this takes the form of characters struggling with the death of their idealism. He creates rich, high concept worlds with an atmospheric, and darker, yet reflective tone, tending to avoid easy answers. While he has moved between genres in his work, Chris has most recently been focused on science fiction and horror. Above all he is passionate about cinematic movies that entertain, through which he wants to continue telling stories that challenge an audience to dwell in the complexity and emotional weight of modern life, but that ultimately leave them feeling a sense of hope and possibility.

Originally from the U.K., Chris holds a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Sheffield. His freelance writing has been published in Telluride Magazine, Halekulani Living, Palm, Flux, and Freesurf. Chris is fortunate enough to call Hawai‘i home, where he has also taught advanced screenwriting as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He lives in Honolulu and tries to surf whenever the waves are good.

Spring 2026