About the Instructor

Chris Easterly is a professional screenwriter and independent filmmaker. A graduate of the prestigious Warner Brothers Television Writers Workshop, he has written for Fox, Cartoon Network, NBC, Hallmark Channel, and others.

Among his credits are the Hallmark movie The Shunning (2011), adapted from Beverly Lewis’s New York Times bestselling novel; Cartoon Network’s action show Unnatural History (2010); and the acclaimed documentary Carl Lutz: Dangerous Diplomacy (2020). His feature directorial debut, Devil’s Hollow (2023), was an official selection of the SOHO International Film Festival and the Golden State Film Festival, among others.

Chris’s book, Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film: How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career, was published by Routledge Press in 2025. Chris is a longtime writing teacher and mentor for the ecumenical faith-based program Act One: Writing for Hollywood, based in Los Angeles. He is a board member of the Catholic Art Institute. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Asbury University, and worked as a screenwriting professor in the Media and Visual Arts Department at Regent University. Represented by Bauman Management in Los Angeles, he is a member of the Writers Guild of America.