Christopher Elwin Fuller is an American film director, writer, producer, editor, actor and entrepreneur. His films have been compared to the early, avant-garde works of

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and Robert Bresson, though his peers consider him a rarity in that his films are entirely unique. In 2006, he released ''

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'', which he wrote, directed, produced and starred in under the name Lewis Brogan.Lee, Nathan
"Down and Out (and Disaffected) in St. Petersburg"
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'', 23 July 2009. The film is set against the backdrop of the

St. Petersburg, Florida riots of 1996 Riots occurred in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1996 following the shooting and death of an unarmed African American male teenage motorist during a police traffic stop. Initial incident Two police officers, Jim Knight and Sandra Minor, saw the go ...

. The film was written at the age of 15Lowery, David
"Director Chris Fuller on Loren Cass"
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'', 29 July 2009. and filmed in 2004 at the age of 21.Virella, Kelly
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'', 29 May 2004. The movie was released theatrically and on DVD in 2009 by

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. The film played in competition at Dennis Hopper's

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Film Festival, the Filmmakers of the Present section of the

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and the

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Education

Fuller graduated from the Canterbury School of Florida in 2001 and attended the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

from 2001 to 2004. Fuller holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do under Master Yong Jun Lee and trained in

St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...

under Tang Soo Do Master Michael Kinney and Mixed Martial Artist Shane Dunn.

Entrepreneurship

Fuller founded independent film company Jonesing Pictures in 2002, web development company Electric Fly in 2007 and gourmet food company The Meatman in 2008.

Awards and recognition

Fuller was nominated for an IFP Gotham Award, a Locarno Golden Leopard for Filmmakers of the Present, the Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Starz

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and won the One+One Award for use of music in a feature film at Janine Bazin's Entrevues Belfort film festival in France. Fuller was profiled as one of 100 new directors representing the future of film in Take 100: The Future of Film, 100 New Directors, a book published by Phaidon Press and curated by film festival programmers from around the world."Take 100: The Future of Film, 100 New Directors"
, ''

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'', 2008. Fuller's films have screened at a number of major film festivals around the world including: Dennis Hopper's

, the

, Vienna International Film Festival, Entrevues Belfort film festival, Helsinki International Film Festival, Bradford Film Festival, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Hudson Valley Film & Video Festival, Ljubljana International Film Festival, Gijon International Film Festival, Titanic International Filmpresence Festival, Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporaneo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Sarajevo Film Festival, Cine Esquema Novo, Indie Mostra Cinema Mundial. The screenplay for

has been archived by the

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as part of their Core Collection.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuller, Chris 1982 births Living people Actors from St. Petersburg, Florida Film directors from Florida University of Central Florida alumni American directors