Chris is an accomplished TV Development Executive, and was most recently the Director of Development at AfterPortsmouth Productions (Ken Olin, EP/Director of NBC’s THIS IS US,) where he sourced, packaged, and developed an expanding slate of TV projects in broadcast, cable, and streaming. Their procedural series THE NEVER GAME, starring THIS IS US star Justin Hartley was greenlit for pilot production in Fall 2022 for CBS while their ABC pilot is in active development.
Prior to that Chris was on the development team for Peter Lenkov, (former Showrunner of CBS' HAWAII FIVE-0, MAGNUM P.I., and MACGYVER,) where he worked closely with both Studio and Network executives developing procedural and cable series through their overall deal with CBS-TVS. Prior to working in Scripted Development, he worked in the TV Lit Department at CAA and in the unscripted space at a branded entertainment start-up.
A Hudson Valley native, Chris graduated from Tufts University in Medford, MA with degrees in Classics and Communications and Media Studies, and before moving to LA he worked in the legal field as a Case Manager in Rochester, NY.
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