- Born
- Nickname
- Front Row Flynn
- Chris began making films at the age of 13. Some of his works were well known in the Tampa Bay area, where he went to high school. The film Palm Harbor Vice (1991) (a Miami Vice (1984) parody) was a cult hit and received local media attention. The sequel, Palm Harbor Vice 2: Brotherhood of the Monkey (1993) earned Flynn an award for "Best Original Teleplay" at the 1996 Time Warner Spotlight Achievement Awards. Chris, followed up the films with The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book One - Satan Claus (1989) , a five part series of teleplays about monsters and zombies in a small town. The series was a cult hit, with a large following for the television broadcasts, as well as bootleg tapes circulating throughout the State of Florida.
To pay his way through film school, Chris began working overnights at The Home Shopping Network in the early 1990s (going to school during the day). He has since filled roles as technical director, director, editor, robotic cameras operator, audio mixer, and chyron graphics operator for companies such as: E! Entertainment Television, G4TV, Style Network, Current TV, TV Guide Channel, DirecTV, Disney, Nickelodeon, CBS Sports Network, Time Warner Sports, The Golf Channel, Fox Sports Net, Vin DiBona Productions, Freemantle North America and Home & Garden Television.
Chris continues to write/produce/direct and edit his own projects through his company, 'Keyframe Entertainment [us]' .
- IMDb mini biography by: Flynn Lives
- Graduated from the University of Central Florida Film Program in 1999. Film school classmates include Michael Arscott , Querquia Backman , Jeremiah Baumbach , Amanda Box , Brock Bradley , Justin Cox , Judson Forman , Jaime C. George , Paul Giobbe , Jaime Hirsh , Tims Johnson , Ryan Little , John Nadeau , Juan P. Reyes , Kimberely Simonetti , Scott Snyder , Barbara Veitch , Jessica Ward and Robyn Linh Willey-Pratt.
- Semifinalist writer in Project Greenlight (2001) with horror script, "The Long Pig"
- Son of Noel Flynn and Frances Flynn.
- Older brother of Jim Flynn, former editor-in-chief & writer for "Pewter Report" and http://www.pewterreport.com, the leading Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan magazine, who moved on to become Marketing Manager for LRE Ground Services http://www.lregsi.com.
- Grandson of Desmond Flynn and Eithne Flynn.
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