A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Akron, Ohio, United States
Chris Stuckmann was born in Akron, OH. He developed a love of movies early on through films like Star Wars (1977), Back to the Future (1985) and The Princess Bride (1987). As he got older, his love of film led him to purchase a video camera and try his hand at making movies of his own. Throughout his teenage years, he and his friends made hundreds of short films, and two feature length movies. Chris has said he considers that one of the best times of his life, and a major learning experience for him. Eventually, YouTube was introduced in 2005, and Chris saw this as a great opportunity to share his films with others. Up until then, he was only able to share them with close friends and family. First, he launched a channel for his short films, hoping to share them with the world, and later, a speed drawing channel featuring realism and manga style drawings. But it was his "Chris Stuckmann" channel that launched him into a successful career in film criticism. As of 2017, Chris has surpassed 1 million subscribers. Chris still directs short films with local talent in Cleveland, OH, and many of his films have screened at film festivals around the country. He has said that his goal is to have fun creating art, and to share his passion with others. He isn't a fan of fame, and views himself as a regular guy who simply loves movies.
Director:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Editor:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Producer:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Screenplay:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Set Decoration:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Story:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Writer:
2017 Auditorium 6
2019 Notes from Melanie
2024 Shelby Oaks
Most data and links to images for the Movies section come from TheMovieDB (TMDB).
Additional data for Film Titles come from The Open Movie Database (OMDb).
At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.