Chris Wyatt (producer) explained
Christopher Aaron Wyatt, sometimes credited as Chris "Doc" Wyatt is an American film and TV producer, writer, and second unit director.
Early life and education
Wyatt was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975 and graduated in 1993 from The Walker School in Marietta, Georgia. [1] He went on to become a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California.[2]
Career
Wyatt served as producer for the 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite, the 2006 film Think Tank, the 2007 film Beneath, the 2007 film Coyote,[3] and the 2009 film Broken Hill featuring Oscar-winner Timothy Hutton.[4] Wyatt next produced Cafe (2010) starring Jennifer Love Hewitt and Murder in the Dark (2013), which he also co-wrote.
Wyatt, together with writing partner Kevin Burke, has written episodes of many animated TV shows, starting with [5] and . He has also co-written episodes for Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-Man.
Again alongside Kevin Burke, Wyatt was also a regular writer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, wrote four episodes for titled "The Times They Are a Changeling", "Viva Las Pegasus", “P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)”, and "Friendship University", and teamed up with Burke on Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters for Netflix as developers (alongside Victor Cook), executive producers, writers and story editors.[6] The duo also held the same roles on the Spin Master Entertainment adaptation of Super Dinosaur. Wyatt and Burke were executive producers and head writers on and .[7]
Awards and nominations
In 2005, Wyatt took home an MTV Movie Award when Napoleon Dynamite won Best Movie. [8]
Also in 2005, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award and shared the nomination for Best First Feature with Jared Hess (director), Jeremy Coon (producer), and Sean Covel (producer).[9] Napoleon Dynamite lost to Garden State (2004). Additionally that year, Wyatt was nominated with Sean Covel for the Producers Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.
In 2017, Wyatt and his writing partner Kevin Burke were Emmy nominated for "Outstanding Short Form Animated Program" for the episode "Space Walk" of Rocket %26 Groot [10]
Screenwriting credits
- Series head writer denoted in bold
Television
Film
- Concrete Blondes (2013)[13]
- Murder in the Dark (2013)[14]
- (2016)
Web shorts
- Batman Unlimited (2016)
- CryptoForce Alpha (2017)
- Ninjago: Reimagined (2021)
- The Virtues of Spinjitzu (2022)
Producer
Television
- Napoleon Dynamite (2012)
- Avengers Assemble (2014-2015)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2016-2017)
- Mystic Cosmic Patrol (2017)
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters (2017-2018)
- Spider-Man (2017-2020)
- Super Dinosaur (2018-2019)
- Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (2019-2021)
- Ninjago (2020–2022)
- Transformers: BotBots (2022)[15] [16]
- (2023-present)
Film
Notes and References
- Web site: Walker alum and 'Napoleon Dynamite' producer visits Lower School . November 14, 2019 .
- Web site: Starkie network helps H'wood run - Entertainment News, Film News, Media . Variety . 2005-10-23 . 2009-07-08.
- Web site: COYOTE - Kinder, Gentler People Smugglers . Themexicandream.com . 2009-07-08.
- Web site: Audience Alliance features Broken Hill . Audience Alliance . 2010-11-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061217104828/http://audiencealliance.com/ . 2006-12-17 .
- Web site: Iron Man: Armored Adventures (TV Series 2008–2012): Full cast and credits . IMDb . 9 November 2023 . 9 November 2023.
- News: Stretch Armstrong Animated Series Heads to Netflix. 2017-07-31. CBR. 2017-08-02. en-US.
- Web site: Chris Wyatt - Transformers Wiki . 25 January 2024 .
- Web site: Napoleon Dynamite Wins 3 MTV Movie Awards . 25 January 2024 .
- Web site: Napoleon Dynamite. IMDb.com. 9 September 2017.
- Web site: Chris "Doc" Wyatt . 25 January 2024 .
- Web site: MYSTIC COSMIC PATROL Episode 2: Time Crisis. Youtube.
- Web site: Snap Ships Dawn of Battle Act VIII. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/R1HR8BdTGMs . 2021-12-20 . live. Youtube.
- Web site: Concrete Blondes . imdb.com.
- Web site: Murder in the Dark . imdb.com.
- Web site: Netflix To Air Transformers: BotBots Animated Series. February 25, 2021. TFW2005.
- Web site: Transformers Botbots Cartoon To Debut On Netflix In March. February 16, 2022. TFW2005.