Christopher Wilkinson

Christopher Wilkinson

Christopher Wilkinson (born March 29, 1950) is a screenwriter, producer, and director. He is perhaps best known for writing the biographical films Nixon (1995), Ali (2001) and Copying Beethoven (2006).[1]

Wilkinson has been confirmed as one of the writers of the upcoming biopic of slain rapper Tupac Shakur (2011).[2] He is also currently writing Jonestown (Overbrook/Sony) and recently completed The Green Wave (New Line/ESPN), the Miles Davis biopic, Jackie Robinson (Fox Searchlight), and a rewrite of Moneyball (Sony). In addition, Wilkinson has directed three second units, shooting principal sequences of The River, Intersection and For The Boys on which he also served as a producer.[3]

He began his career as a musician before attending film school at Temple University in Philadelphia. He went on to write, produce and direct commercials and documentaries for EUE/Screen Gems, PBS, CBS Sports and ESPN. His documentary films have won awards at the Chicago International Film Festival, The International Film Festival of New York, and CINE (among others). He and his wife, cartoonist Cathy Guisewite, reside in Los Angeles, California with their two children.

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