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Chris Bowman(I)

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Chris Bowman
Rafe has an epic imagination...and a slight problem with authority. Both collide when he transfers to an oppressive, rule-crazy middle school. Drowning in do's and don'ts, Rafe and his scheming best friend Leo hatch a plan to break every rule in the school's Code of Conduct. It's Ferris Bueller meets Home Alone as their battle with Principal Dwight explodes into chaos both real and imagined. But Dwight displays his own fiendish creativity, striking back at the rulebreakers. Meanwhile, Rafe struggles to hide his misbehavior from Jeanne, the straight-A, overachieving girl of his dreams, and at home, his mother's boyfriend -- a moochy, jack-of-no-trades named Bear -- threatens to become his stepfather.
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Chris Bowman is known for A Minecraft Movie (2025), Ninety-Five Senses (2022) and Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016).
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      • 4 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie (2025)
    A Minecraft Movie
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 2025
    Ninety-Five Senses (2022)
    Ninety-Five Senses
    7.4
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2022
    Andy Daly, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Griffin Gluck, Thomas Barbusca, Isabela Merced, and Alexa Nisenson in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
    Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 2016
    Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig in Masterminds (2016)
    Masterminds
    5.9
    • Writer
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Writer

    • A Minecraft Movie: Squared
      • Writer
      • Filming
      • 2027
    • Ascension
      • Writer
      • Development Unknown
    • Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, and Sebastian Hansen in A Minecraft Movie (2025)
      A Minecraft Movie
      5.6
      • screenplay by
      • story by
      • 2025
    • Ninety-Five Senses (2022)
      Ninety-Five Senses
      7.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Andy Daly, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle, Griffin Gluck, Thomas Barbusca, Isabela Merced, and Alexa Nisenson in Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
      Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
      6.1
      • screenplay by
      • 2016
    • Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, and Kristen Wiig in Masterminds (2016)
      Masterminds
      5.9
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2016
    • Napoleon Dynamite (2012)
      Napoleon Dynamite
      6.5
      TV Series
      • staff writer
      • 2012
    • The Secret Saturdays (2008)
      The Secret Saturdays
      7.0
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Dante Basco and Mae Whitman in American Dragon: Jake Long (2005)
      American Dragon: Jake Long
      6.6
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2006–2007
    • The Buzz on Maggie (2005)
      The Buzz on Maggie
      5.7
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2005–2006
    • Charlie Adler and Kaley Cuoco in Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004)
      Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
      6.4
      TV Series
      • writer
      • 2006
    • The Wrong Brother
      7.3
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2000

    Director

    • American Fork (2007)
      American Fork
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2007
    • The Wrong Brother
      7.3
      Video
      • Director
      • 2000

    Producer

    • The Wrong Brother
      7.3
      Video
      • producer
      • 2000
    • The Salesman
      6.3
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 1999
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      Named one of Variety's "10 Screenwriters to Watch," 2014.

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