Chris King

Rocklin, California, United States

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Chris King is a multiple award winning filmmaker and three-time NorCal Emmy nominated television writer/producer.  After receiving his B.A. in film at California State University, Long Beach, he worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a promotions and game show material writer.  Simultaneously, Chris worked as a freelance scriptwriter-for-hire.  His feature-length and short screenplays have garnered national attention in The Nicholl Fellowship, the Chesterfield Film Project, Fade In Magazine and HBOâ€™s Project Greenlight.  <o:p> </o:p> His first feature film Touching Down received numerous film festival awards and nominations, including both the Jury Prize and Audience Awards at the Sacramento Intl Film & Music Festival, and the Bronze REMI Award at WorldFest-Houston.  Awakening was his first short film.  After screening at several festivals, it was picked up for world distribution by The Spiritual Cinema Circle where it played in over 80 countries.  <o:p> </o:p> Chris has made four more short films since; Life, Rachel, The Killing of Mary Surratt, and Proposal.  Life (about the Baby Safe Surrender program) was also made into a series of English and Spanish language Public Service Announcements, was nominated for an Emmy, and has played for millions throughout California.  The PSAs were ultimately picked up by both Los Angeles County and Kern County as their official Safe Surrender Program commercial. <o:p> </o:p> Rachel and The Killing of Mary Surratt are Watermarkâ€™s most successful films to date.  Combined, they have played in over 125 cities in 40 countries.  Theyâ€™ve screened at over 35 film festivals including the Oscar-qualifying fests, L.A. ShortsFest (twice) and Cleveland International.   Lead actress of Rachel (Kelly Nixon) was also awarded Best Actress at VisionFest-New York, the first time in the festivalâ€™s history this award went to an actor in a short film instead of a feature.  The Killing of Mary Surratt, about the first woman in America executed by the federal government for her role in the Lincoln assassination, was later picked up for distribution by the Surratt House Museum in Maryland and at Fordâ€™s Theatre National Museum in Washington DC and is still playing the festival circuit. <o:p> </o:p> While Proposal is currently on the festival circuit, Chris is in pre-production on three short films.  Chris resides in Rocklin, California with Co-Producer (and wife) Heather King and their two daughters

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