Biography

Chris Viscardi is a screenwriter, a television series creator, producer, writer, and former animation studio executive.

Chris is the co-writer of the feature films Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Tale of Despereaux, Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Snow Day, and The Loud House Movie.

Along with longtime collaborator Will McRobb, Chris co-wrote screenplays for Paramount, Dreamworks Animation, Blue Sky Studios, Universal Pictures, Miramax Films and Warner Brothers. Their screenplays include The Cricket in Times Square, Artemis Fowl, Dinosaur Bob, Big Brave Brian, Thomas The Tank Engine, and Measle and the Wrathmonk.

In television, Chris is the co-creator, writer and producer of the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete and Pete, an iconic, award-winning series that ran from 1991-1995. In 2005, the Los Angeles Times proclaimed "...it is as good as television has ever been and great in ways few shows ever attempt."

Chris is the co-creator, writer and producer of Kablam, a groundbreaking alternative animated series that ran for five seasons on Nickelodeon. He is the co-creator, writer and producer of the live-action comedies The War Next Door for USA Television and The Assistants for Teen Nick.

Chris served as the executive producer of Nickelodeon's Sanjay and Craig, the animated Christmas movie Albert, and the digital animated series Bravest Warriors from Frederator Studios. He served as a consulting producer and writer for the USA Television series Necessary Roughness, and he wrote episodes for Nickelodeon's Sanjay and Craig, The Naked Brothers, NBC's Ed, and ABC's Brutally Normal.

From 2015-2018, Chris was the Senior Vice President of Nickelodeon Animation Studios. In that role, he supervised the development, current series, and production of all animated kid-content at the studio. His projects include the Netflix animated movies Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, Invader Zim: Enter The Florpus, and the award-winning Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling.

Chris and his family live in Santa Monica, California.
- IMDb mini biography by: Chris Viscardi