Biography

Chris Hume graduated from Bard College in New York with a degree in Cinema. He also won the Maya Deren Prize in his graduating class - for excellence and commitment to Cinema. Chris' parents are songstress Alexis Gershwin and writer, Edward Hume.

After moving to Los Angeles, Chris formed "Shoot and Run Productions", under which he produced numerous documentaries. His projects have taken him from the streets of Havana, Cuba, to the volcanic slopes of Montserrat, to the subway tunnels of Los Angeles, to the hurricane ravaged Gulf Coast, to the barrios of Caracas Venezuela, and most recently, across ten thousand miles of American Heartland in 'Red State Road Trip".

Chris is an editor by trade, having made a career editing movie trailers. Some of his feature film trailers included "Fahrenheit 9/11", "Corpse Bride", "Shakespeare In Love", "Rush Hour", "Waiting for Superman", "Amelie", and "Beyond Utopia". Chris produced and edited tribute reels for Alejandro G. Inarritu, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Weisz, Alfre Woodard and Bruce Dern.

Chris is also an animator, having written and animated "Attention deficit Disorder Man", "Umbilical Bob", "The Long Red Light", and "Freddie the Floater".

Chris has won Key Art Awards for "Don't Drink Your Juice in the Hood", "Men in Black", "Rush Hour", "The Bridge", "Looper", and most recently "Alice: Through the Looking Glass". He won a Golden Trailer Award for "Fahrenheit 9/11".

Chris lives in Los Angeles, CA. where he produces and edits films and documentaries.
- IMDb mini biography by: Chris Hume