Chris Overton

Director

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Photograph: Chris Overton c. Hunter Thomas

Film, TV & Theatre

Agent: Giles Smart
Assistant: Lee Byrne

Film, TV & Theatre

Chris Overton is an Oscar® winning director. He began his career as an actor and worked on various television and film projects with directors including Joel Schumacher and Roman Polanski. He also played a lead role in the BAFTA Award-winning film Pride, directed by Matthew Warchus.

Chris made his directorial debut with The Silent Child, for which he received the Academy Award® for Best Live Action Short Film. He won Best Director at The River Bend Film Festival and has won over 50 international awards with The Silent Child. It continues to play in film festivals and television channels around the world.

Chris has also directed commercials with Havas, FCB Inferno, Wunderman Thompson and Beiersdorf. His debut commercial in the UK for the hugely successful Huawei Story Sign Christmas campaign, won seven Lions at Cannes in 2019 (four of which were Gold), eight One Show awards, three D&ADs and a Grand Prix at Eurobest.

For acting enquiries please contact Andrew Braidford at BWH.

Short Films

ProductionCompanyNotes

IN TOO DEEP

2021

Slick Films

Drama

LAINE

2019

Slick Films

Musical Theatre Film

THE SILENT CHILD

2017

Slick Films

Written by Rachel Shenton
*Winner Academy Award for Best Live Action Short 2018

Commercials

ProductionCompanyNotes

EUCERIN HAMMONIA

2020

Eucerin / Wunderman Thompson and Beiersdorf

Raising Awareness for Actinic Keratosis and non melanoma Skin Cancer

STORY SIGN EUROPE

2019

Huawei / FCB Inferno

Featuring a deaf child or family from 11 European countries

STORY SIGN

2018

Huawei / FCB Inferno