Christopher Cantwell is an American writer, producer, and director who has worked in television, film, and comic books. He is best known as one of the two co-creators of the TV series '' Halt and Catch Fire'', for which he also served as a producer,

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, screenwriter, and director. He also directed the 2019 film ''

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''. Cantwell is a writer of comic books that includes ''The Blue Flame'', ''She Could Fly'', ''Everything'', ''

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'', and '' Star Wars: Obi-Wan''. He served as an executive producer of the television adaptation of the comic book ''

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Background

Cantwell was born in

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. In the 1980s, the family moved to

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. Cantwell attended the

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and enrolled in its screenwriting program as an undergraduate. He began writing with Chris Rogers in August 2010, and they created ''Halt and Catch Fire'' together. Cantwell wrote a comic book series for the character

. It was nominated for a 2020

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for Best New Series.

Personal life

He currently lives in Claremont, California, with his wife, Elizabeth Cantwell, a writer, and their two children. On January 14, 2021, he came out as bisexual on his Twitter page.

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