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Chris Vander Kaay (b. 1978)

Birthplace:
Easton, Maryland, USA

Born:
March 17, 1978

Biography from TheMovieDB

Chris Vander Kaay is a filmmaker, author, professor, and legal marketing consultant. His western script The Redemption of Henry Myers premiered on the Hallmark Movie Channel in 2014, and his found footage horror film .ask is available online. He has written several nonfiction books about the history and philosophy of genre film. He has written numerous articles and short fiction, and his fiction novel, Life After Death, was released in 2020.  He taught scriptwriting at the University of Tampa, and he brings his storytelling skills to the world of legal marketing by working with Darryl "The Kentucky Hammer" Isaacs on branding and marketing content and teaching other attorneys. He is a wildly versatile writer, having worked everywhere from the LDS newspaper Deseret News to the horror news website Bloody Disgusting.

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Film Performances

  • 2024  .ask
    Chris Vander Kaay

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Film Production

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2024  .ask

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Producer:
2024  .ask

Writer:
2009  Spirits Among Us
2014  The Redemption of Henry Myers
2024  .ask

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