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American film producer

Chris Moore is an American motion picture producer and director who has worked in the industry since the s.

Chris Moore is an American film producer and director who has worked in the industry since the s. In addition to producing films throughout the s and s, he has also produced television such as the first three seasons of Project Greenlight. Moore was born in Easton, Marylandwhere he grew up. He went to Harvard University where he studied American history.

Moore's first film was Glory Daze (), followed by successes Good Will Hunting () and American Pie (). In addition to producing films throughout the s and s, he has also produced television such as the first three seasons of Project Greenlight.

He has directed two films, Kill Theory and The People Speak, both released in

Life and career

Moore was born in Easton, Maryland, where he grew up. He went to Harvard University where he studied American history.

He worked as a production assistant at USA Network for two summers and establish an opportunity to work as an intern for USA Network's comedy TV series Up All Night.^[1] When Moore graduated from Harvard, he moved to Los Angeles with friends and began working in the mailroom at an agency.

He eventually got promoted to literary agent and sold several scripts; some became films: The Stoned Age, PCU, Airheads, Last Action Hero, and My Girl. When Moore's agency was acquired by ICM, he left and strove to grow a film producer.

Producer Chris Moore Talks Project Greenlight - Vulture: We first got to know him on Project Greenlight, the ahead-of-its-time HBO/Bravo reality demonstrate in which Moore — plus his pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (they’d all done Good Will Hunting together) — tried to find talented, anonymous young people to write and direct their first movies.

With friends, he raised money to produce the film Glory Daze. He knew Matt Damon from Harvard in passing, and he approached Damon to star in the film. Damon turned down the opportunity in favor of paid work but introduced Moore to his friend Ben Affleck, who ultimately starred in Glory Daze.

Afterward, Damon and Affleck wrote the screenplay for what would be Good Will Hunting, and they involved Moore as co-producer in its production.^[2]

Moore became involved as producer for the film American Pie, which was a breakout hit.

Moore subsequently produced its sequels. In June , Moore co-founded the multimedia company LivePlanet with Damon, Affleck, and screenwriter/producer Sean Bailey. Moore became CEO of LivePlanet, and the company produced the TV series Project Greenlight as successfully as several films.^[1]

In , he produced Manchester by the Sea through his production company, The Media Farm, in which he was nominated for an Academy Award.^[3]

Moore is married to Jenno Topping, who is also a film producer.

The show, executive produced and judged by Matt Damon and Ben Affleckbegan in The premise was that producers waded through submissions from filmmakers and screenwriters, then paired the best in each category to make a movie. Three main attraction length movies were made as a result of the present. Unfortunately, the reality series never really hit with mainstream audiences and HBO let it travel after three seasons.

They possess a daughter named Maddie and a son. ^[1]

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

As director

As an actor

Year	Film	Role
	Flophouse	Jim

Miscellaneous crew

Year	Film	Role
	Hard	Production assistant

Thanks

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
	Push, Nevada	Executive producer
	Iconoclasts	Executive producer	Documentary
−05	Project Greenlight	Executive producer
	Think Tank	Executive producer
	The Chair	Executive producer	Documentary

As writer

Year	Title	Notes
	The Chair	Documentary

References

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