Christopher John Fields (born September 23, 1968) is a

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-based director, teacher, and actor. He is the artistic director of the award-winning Echo Theater Company, a theatre he founded in 1997.

Early life

Fields was born in New York City in 1968 to Sidney and Dorthy Fields.

Film and television

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''. Directing work in film includes his adaptation of Neal Bell's ''Out the Window'', and his short ''Sunnyslope'', which was awarded Best New York Film at the New York Film and Video Festival and nominated for Best in Fest at the Great Lakes Film Festival.

Theatre

Fields has appeared on Broadway (Homefront), Off Broadway (Machinal at the Public, Aristocrats at Manhattan Theater Club, Orphans with Steppenwolf) and has numerous regional credits, among them: Golden Boy, All My Sons, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, and 2.

Directing

Fields directed the premieres of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's "Bob", Gary Lennon's "A Family Thing", Jessica Goldberg's "Body Politic" (Ovation nominated), Kate Robin's "What They Have" at South Coast Rep, Kate Robin's "Anon" at The Echo, Sarah Ruhl's "Melancholy Play", Paul Zimmerman's "Pigs and Bugs", and "Eat Me" by Jacqueline Wright, which was nominated for six LA Weekly Awards including Best Director and Ensemble. As a director, he's worked with and staged plays by Adam Rapp, Christopher Durang, David Lindsay-Abaire,

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, Napoleon Ellsworth, Padraic Duffy, Bernardo Solano, Deborah Pryor, Neal Bell, Kira Obolensky, Herman Daniel Farrell III, Quincy Long, and Karl Gajdusek, among many others. Chris produced the Echo production of Bryan Davidson's "War Music" at the Los Angeles Theater Center, which won three Ovation Awards including one for Best Premiere Play and one for Best Ensemble. Chris was founder and Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference from 1996 to 2000. He was asked by the board to leave this position, after programming plays that were not "diverse ethnically."

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