After an unsuccessful career as a rock musician, Waitt began to write and direct short films. He co-wrote, directed and performed in the Bafta winning short filmDupe, a comedy about a slacker who buys a cloning machine on eBay. He also made a number of short documentaries, including the Bafta nominated Heavy Metal Jr., a humorous look at a group of ten-year-olds who form a death metal band called Hatred. The film was included on the Wolphin DVD collection. Waitt also directed, co-wrote and co-created the MTV adult puppet showFur TV, with his long-term collaborator, writer and producer Henry Trotter. In 2008, Waitt completed his first feature film, the confessional and humorous documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures. The film was made through Warp films and Film4 and had its world premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2008, where it was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. In 2009, the rights for A Complete History of My Sexual Failures were purchased by Universal Studios. The Hollywood remake will be directed by Jay Roach. Waitt is an Executive Producer on the film. Waitt is currently developing a second film with Film4 and Babycow productions, provisionally entitled Untitled Chris Waitt Vanity Project no. 2. On Sunday 8 July 2012, Waitt's latest work was debuted on Sky F1 ahead of the 2012 British Grand Prix, McLaren Animation's first release, Tooned, is written and directed by Waitt and Henry Trotter.
Music
Waitt is the singer and guitarist in the experimental indie electro art metal band Warm Puppies. The band have produced much of the music for Waitt's films. As a solo artist or with the Puppies, Chris has performed at a number of English music festivals, notably Reading, Latitude and Gold. Waitt also dee-jays under the name Bad DJ.
Personal life
Whilst making A Complete History of My Sexual Failures, he met Russian photographer / journalist Alexandra Boyarskaya. In the film it seemed that they began dating and were enjoying each other's company, they have since broken up.
