| Christopher Cantwell | |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Alma Mater: | University of Southern California |
| Occupation: | Writer, producer, director |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Cantwell |
| Children: | 3 |
Christopher Cantwell is an American writer, producer, and director who has worked in television, film, and comic books. He is best known as one of the two co-creators of the TV series Halt and Catch Fire, for which he also served as a producer, showrunner, screenwriter, and director. He also directed the 2019 film The Parts You Lose.[1] Cantwell is a writer of comic books that includes The Blue Flame, She Could Fly, Everything, Doctor Doom, The Mask, Iron Man, Captain America, and Star Wars: Obi-Wan. He served as an executive producer of the television adaptation of the comic book Paper Girls.
Cantwell was born in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1980s, the family moved to Dallas, Texas.[2] Cantwell attended the University of Southern California and enrolled in its screenwriting program as an undergraduate. He began writing with Christopher C. Rogers in August 2010, and they created Halt and Catch Fire together.[3]
Cantwell wrote a comic book series for the character Doctor Doom. It was nominated for a 2020 Eisner Award for Best New Series.[4]
He currently lives in Claremont, California, with his wife, Elizabeth Cantwell, a writer, and their three children.[5] [6] On January 14, 2021, he came out as bisexual on his Twitter page.[7]
| 2009 | Krantz | Film | Writer and director | |
| 2011 | Our Footloose Remake | Film | Co-director | |
| 2014–2017 | Halt and Catch Fire | Television | Co-creator, co-producer, and co-showrunner; also writer and director | |
| 2019 | Film | Director | ||
| 2022 | Paper Girls | Television | Executive producer | |
| 2024 | The Terror: Devil in Silver | Television | Showrunner |
| Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | She Could Fly | |
| 2019 | She Could Fly: The Lost Pilot | |
| The Mask I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask | ||
| Doctor Doom | Nominated for 2020 Eisner Award for Best New Series | |
| Everything | ||
| 2020 | Iron Man | |
| 2021 | The Blue Flame | |
| The United States of Captain America | ||
| Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body | ||
| 2022 | Star Wars: Obi-Wan | |
| Angel | ||
| Briar | ||
| Namor the Sub-Mariner Conquered Shores | ||
| Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood | ||
| Gold Goblin | ||
| Thanos Death Notes | ||
| 2023 | Star Trek: Defiant | |
| Hellcat | ||
| Batman: The Brave & the Bold | Superman story |