| Chris Gerolmo | |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Occupation: | Film director, screenwriter, singer-songwriter |
Chris Gerolmo is a Golden Globe nominated screenwriter, director, and singer-songwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the multi-Academy Award nominated film Mississippi Burning and the less successful Miles from Home starring Richard Gere.
He has also written a book about the death of his wife, Joan, from cancer in 2007.[1] This is titled Death for Beginners, published by Patcheny Press in 2011. He lives in Brentwood, California with his three children and stepson.
He was born to Frank Gero (1929–2014), a former theater actor and stage manager who later became a producer, and Woji Gero who worked alongside her husband in the production business in the mid-1950s. He attended Harvard University in the early 1970s graduating with a BA in Writing & Film-making.
In 1995 Gerolmo wrote and directed the made-for-TV movie Citizen X, about the russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.[2] Gerolmo's screenplay for Citizen X — based on the book The Killer Department by Robert Cullen – earned him an Emmy nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.
He also co-created with Steven Bochco the FX Networks military drama series Over There.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] He also wrote and performed the title song.
He was a consulting producer on The Bridge, an American police drama on the FX network, based on a 2011 police drama series co-produced in Denmark and Sweden.