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Chris James Thompson

Chris James Thompson's feature debut 'The Jeffrey Dahmer Files' (SXSW) was acquired by IFC & declared a NYT Critic's Pick. He also directed 'MECCA: The Floor' for ESPN 30for30, produced 'The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers' (Sundance/CNN Films), and edited the features: Plucked (Tribeca), Pet Names (Amazon Studios), & Chasing Bubbles (YouTube).

Known For

Pet NamesPet Names · 2018
Pet Names
★ 5.42018
MovieDramaComedy
When her ill mother urges her to take a vacation from her caretaking, grad-school-dropout Leigh invites her ex along on the camping trip. The two soon find that confronting old wounds during a weekend in the woods is anything but restful.
NeedlepointNeedlepoint
Needlepoint
Movie
A woman attempts to explain to her vegetative mother the recent, sudden death of her sister.
Hamlet A.D.D.Hamlet A.D.D. · 2014
Hamlet A.D.D.
★ 6.02014
MovieComedy
The ghost of Hamlet's father orders him to kill his uncle, and the easily distracted prince makes up a bunch of excuses to avoid doing it.
The 414sThe 414s · 2015
The 414s
★ 6.52015
MovieDocumentary
THE 414s tells the story of the first widely recognized computer hackers, a group of Milwaukee teenagers who gained notoriety in 1983 when they broke into dozens of high-profile computer systems, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a classified nuclear weapons research facility.
MECCA: The Floor That Made Milwaukee FamousMECCA: The Floor That Made Milwaukee Famous · 2014
MECCA: The Floor That Made Milwaukee Famous
2014
MovieDocumentary
In the 1970s the city of Milwaukee hired an artist to paint the Bucks' floor. More than 30 years later, Bucks fan Andy Gorzalski puts his family's credit card down for $20k to protect this iconic symbol of the city's history.
The Jeffrey Dahmer FilesThe Jeffrey Dahmer Files · 2013
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
★ 5.42013
MovieDocumentaryCrime
An experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalised scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
Bon Iver: AutumnBon Iver: Autumn · 2019
Bon Iver: Autumn
2019
MovieDocumentaryMusic
An intimate look at the creation of Autumn, a unique tour by the notoriously cryptic band Bon Iver.
Back at the StaircaseBack at the Staircase · 2018
Back at the Staircase
2018
Movie
Five distinctive people, each with a flimsy coping strategy, find themselves stuck together after an accident.

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