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Chris Grismer

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Chris Grismer is known for Clutch (1998), Designated Survivor (2016) and Freakish (2016).
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Clutch (1998)
    Clutch
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1998
    Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor (2016)
    Designated Survivor
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    Jordan Calloway in Freakish (2016)
    Freakish
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)
    The Nine Lives of Chloe King
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director

    Credits

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    Director

    • J.K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney, and Jessica Frances Dukes in The Westies (2026)
      The Westies
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Chicago P.D. (2014)
      Chicago P.D.
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Jensen Ackles, Eric Dane, Jonathan Togo, Jessica Camacho, Elliot Knight, Uli Latukefu, and Violett Beane in Countdown (2025)
      Countdown
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Sullivan's Crossing (2023)
      Sullivan's Crossing
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024–2025
    • Raymond Lee in Quantum Leap (2022)
      Quantum Leap
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • directed by
      • 2022–2024
    • Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, and Rachel Ann Kearns in Monarch (2022)
      Monarch
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Derrick Beckles in Off!: Holier Than Thou (2021)
      Off!: Holier Than Thou
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Michael Sheen and Tom Payne in Prodigal Son (2019)
      Prodigal Son
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Deputy (2020)
      Deputy
      6.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • The Unsettling (2019)
      The Unsettling
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor (2016)
      Designated Survivor
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2019
    • Matthew Davis, Peyton 'Alex' Smith, Kaylee Kaneshiro, Danielle Rose Russell, Jenny Boyd, Aria Shahghasemi, and Quincy Fouse in Since When Do You Speak Japanese? (2019)
      Legacies
      7.2
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2018
    • Jordan Calloway in Freakish (2016)
      Freakish
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Director
      • directed by
      • 2016–2017
    • Skyler Maxon and Emily Rudd in Sea Change (2017)
      Sea Change
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Harry Shum Jr., Emeraude Toubia, Katherine McNamara, Dominic Sherwood, Matthew Daddario, and Alberto Rosende in Shadowhunters (2016)
      Shadowhunters
      6.5
      TV Series
      • directed by
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Raymond Lee in Quantum Leap (2022)
      Quantum Leap
      6.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022–2024
    • Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins, Anna Friel, and Rachel Ann Kearns in Monarch (2022)
      Monarch
      4.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Derrick Beckles in Off!: Holier Than Thou (2021)
      Off!: Holier Than Thou
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Michael Sheen and Tom Payne in Prodigal Son (2019)
      Prodigal Son
      7.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2021
    • Deputy (2020)
      Deputy
      6.5
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2020
    • The Unsettling (2019)
      The Unsettling
      5.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor (2016)
      Designated Survivor
      7.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2017–2019
    • Matthew Davis, Peyton 'Alex' Smith, Kaylee Kaneshiro, Danielle Rose Russell, Jenny Boyd, Aria Shahghasemi, and Quincy Fouse in Since When Do You Speak Japanese? (2019)
      Legacies
      7.2
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018–2019
    • Jordan Calloway in Freakish (2016)
      Freakish
      6.2
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2017
    • Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, and Hannah John-Kamen in Killjoys (2015)
      Killjoys
      7.2
      TV Series
      • consulting producer
      • 2015
    • Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, and Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries (2009)
      The Vampire Diaries
      7.7
      TV Series
      • supervising producer
      • producer
      • 2012–2013
    • The Nine Lives of Chloe King (2011)
      The Nine Lives of Chloe King
      7.0
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2011

    Writer

    • Derrick Beckles in Off!: Holier Than Thou (2021)
      Off!: Holier Than Thou
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Entertainment Life
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • Clutch (1998)
      Clutch
      5.1
      • writer
      • 1998
    • Uncle
      6.8
      Short
      • Writer
      • 1997
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Other works
      Directed music video for Nasri, "Go".
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