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Christian Ackerman(I)

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Christian Ackerman is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, and director who has produced over 30 feature films including Fear the Night, Deltopia, Prey, Bethany, and Night of the Bastard. As a director, Christian's films have won over 30 film festival awards with 50+ nominations.

In 2018 he founded Black Vortex Cinema, a production, publishing, and events company starting with the My Favorite Horror Movie trilogy of books, featuring essays by 150 horror film legends and luminaries. In 2020, Christian produced and directed Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In, a haunt/film festival/horror host anthology hybrid that sold out the 19 acre Rose Bowl lot on Halloween night.
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    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Ariel Teal Toombs and Trista Robinson in Hell's Belles (2012)
    Hell's Belles
    6.4
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2012
    Dylan Sprouse and Mason Gooding in Under Fire (2025)
    Under Fire
    4.6
    • Producer
    • 2025
    Ethan Embry, Holt McCallany, Lewis Tan, Lucien Laviscount, and Hannah John-Kamen in Safe House (2025)
    Safe House
    5.4
    • Production Management
    • 2025
    John Bloom, Felissa Rose, and Diana Prince in Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In (2020)
    Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In
    7.7
    • Producer
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Vortex Predators
      • producer
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Sunset & Lorraine
      • line producer
      • Post-production
    • Crosshairs
      • producer
      • Post-production
    • Ashley Park in Basic (2026)
      Basic
      6.6
      • line producer
      • 2026
    • The Roughneck (2025)
      The Roughneck
      4.9
      • line producer
      • 2025
    • Dylan Sprouse and Mason Gooding in Under Fire (2025)
      Under Fire
      4.6
      • line producer
      • 2025
    • Prey (2024)
      Prey
      3.7
      • producer
      • 2024
    • The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms (2024)
      The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
      4.1
      • line producer
      • 2024
    • Madison Pettis, Luna Blaise, Greer Grammer, and Charlie Gillespie in Deltopia (2023)
      Deltopia
      4.2
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Eileen Dietz, Kathleen Kinmont, Susan Lanier, Jeremy London, Lew Temple, Lisa Wilcox, Devin Reeve, Grace Newton, Mikaylee Mina, Lauren Jarman, Isabella Seebruch, Brandon Slagle, Devanny Pinn, Michelle Romano, Jennifer Lynn Warren, Sarah Nicklin, Jennifer Wenger, Eric Pereira, David Josh Lawrence, Heather Grace Hancock, Lara Jean Mummert-Sullivan, Andrew Sykes, Hunter Johnson, Eva Hamilton, Fernando Perdomo, Chelsea Gilson, Elisabeth Montanaro, Brittney Ayona Clemons, Alex Paige Fream, Mike Ferguson, Greg Tally, and Robi Austin in The Black Mass (2023)
      The Black Mass
      4.0
      • associate producer
      • 2023
    • Sundown (2022)
      Sundown
      Short
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Night of the Bastard (2022)
      Night of the Bastard
      4.2
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Ryan Phillippe, Jim Gaffigan, and Kat Graham in Collide (2022)
      Collide
      4.4
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Frank Whaley, Ashley Benson, Shiloh Fernandez, and Jay Pharoah in Private Property (2022)
      Private Property
      3.9
      • co-producer
      • 2022
    • Ranjinder Hans in Someone Must Die Tonight (2021)
      Someone Must Die Tonight
      Short
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Lindsay Hartley, Bart Johnson, Tanya Clarke, and Taylor Blackwell in Young, Stalked, and Pregnant (2020)
      Young, Stalked, and Pregnant
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • associate producer
      • 2020
    • John Bloom, Felissa Rose, and Diana Prince in Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In (2020)
      Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In
      7.7
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Jennifer Taylor and Lauren Swickard in Twisted Twin (2020)
      Twisted Twin
      5.2
      • associate producer
      • 2020

    Director

    • Vortex Predators
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Ranjinder Hans in Someone Must Die Tonight (2021)
      Someone Must Die Tonight
      Short
      • Director
      • 2021
    • John Bloom, Felissa Rose, and Diana Prince in Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In (2020)
      Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In
      7.7
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Zombie (2019)
      Zombie
      4.6
      • Director (segment "Watch Your Back")
      • 2019
    • The Summoners (2013)
      The Summoners
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • BlackBoxTV (2010)
      BlackBoxTV
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • BlackBoxTV Presents: You Look Delicious (2013)
      BlackBoxTV Presents: You Look Delicious
      TV Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Ariel Teal Toombs and Trista Robinson in Hell's Belles (2012)
      Hell's Belles
      6.4
      Short
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Behind the Scenes of Em
      Video
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Conquistador: Fruit Loopy
      Music Video
      • co-director
      • 2009
    • Gone with the Dead: The Making of Dead and Gone
      Video
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Elwood Carlisle, Christian Ackerman, Gabriella Karolys, and Alan Bryant in Elwood Carlisle Superstar! (2006)
      Elwood Carlisle Superstar!
      8.6
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Christian Ackerman and Helga Rossi in The Becoming (2002)
      The Becoming
      Short
      • Director
      • 2002

    Writer

    • Vortex Predators
      • written by
      • Post-production
      • Short
    • Night of the Bastard (2022)
      Night of the Bastard
      4.2
      • screenplay by
      • 2022
    • Ranjinder Hans in Someone Must Die Tonight (2021)
      Someone Must Die Tonight
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • John Bloom, Felissa Rose, and Diana Prince in Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In (2020)
      Joe Bob's Haunted Drive-In
      7.7
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Zombie (2019)
      Zombie
      4.6
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Deadly Reunion (2016)
      Deadly Reunion
      2.3
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • The Summoners (2013)
      The Summoners
      7.3
      Short
      • co-writer
      • 2013
    • BlackBoxTV (2010)
      BlackBoxTV
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • BlackBoxTV Presents: You Look Delicious (2013)
      BlackBoxTV Presents: You Look Delicious
      TV Short
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Ariel Teal Toombs and Trista Robinson in Hell's Belles (2012)
      Hell's Belles
      6.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • written by
      • 2012
    • Christian Ackerman and Helga Rossi in The Becoming (2002)
      The Becoming
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2002

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Pope Goat VII
    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)

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