Max Stahl(1954-2021)

Director
Cinematographer
Producer

Never comfortable in front of the camera, Chris left Blue Peter after only 21 months. He became a journalist. As a war correspondent in Beirut, Lebanon he disappeared for 18 days. In 1995 in the Balkans working for ITN as a journalist for Channel 4, he was brutally beaten up by Serb civilians protesting over Kosovan Albanians.

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Known for

The Front Line

7.1

Director(as Chris Wenner)

1984

The Hashish Connection

Director

1988

First Tuesday

TV Series

Director

Soldiers

7.1

TV Series

Director(as Christopher Wenner)

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Director

First Tuesday
TV Series
- Director
- 1992
The Hashish Connection
- directed by
- 1988
Soldiers
7.1
TV Series
- director: El Salvador (as Christopher Wenner)
- 1985
The Front Line
7.1
- Director (as Chris Wenner)
- 1984

Cinematographer

Producer

Personal details

Official site
- BFI
Alternative names
- Christopher Wenner
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- December 6, 1954
- London, England, UK
Died
- October 27, 2021
- Brisbane, Queensland, Australia(throat cancer)
Spouses
Other works
Journalist

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Trivia
In, 2000 he was honoured with awards at the New York Film Festival and from the UK Royal Television Society, and received the world's leading prize for independent camera journalism, the Rory Peck Award.