Christopher Cantwell (filmmaker)


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, showrunner, screenwriter, and director. He also directed the 2019 film The Parts You Lose. Cantwell is writing for the comic books She Could Fly, Everything, Doctor Doom, The Mask, and Iron Man, and will serve as a co-showrunner for the television adaptation of the comic book Paper Girls.

Background

Cantwell was born in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1980s, the family moved to Dallas, Texas. Cantwell attended the University of Southern California 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.

Credits

Screen

Writing