Years active 1991–present Name Christopher Munch | Role Film director | |
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Born June 17, 1962 (age 61) ( 1962-06-17 ) Pasadena, California, United States Occupation film director, screenwriter, film producer Awards Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award, Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Movies Letters from the Big Man, The Hours and Times, Harry + Max, The Sleepy Time Gal, Color of a Brisk and Leaping Similar People Cole Williams, Bryce Johnson, Jim Cody Williams, Isaac C Singleton Jr, Ian Hart | ||
The Hours and Times - Official Trailer - Oscilloscope Laboratories HD
Christopher Münch (born June 17, 1962) is an American film director, screenwriter and producer.
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Biography
Münch was born in 1962 in Pasadena, California and grew up with his mother in La Jolla, San Diego. When he was 15 years old, he directed a prize-winning documentary about the animals at the San Diego Zoo.
In 1991 he directed The Hours and Times, a fictionalised account of the relationship between John Lennon and his manager Brian Epstein. This premièred at the Toronto Festival of Festivals and won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, the Berlin International Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Awards. His 1996 film Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day won an Independent Spirit Award Someone to Watch Award and an award for Best Cinematography at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2000, Munch received the Moving Image Creative Capital Award.
Archive
The moving image collection of Christopher Münch is held at the Academy Film Archive.