Chris Millis

Chris Millis is a prize-winning, bestselling writer, producer, cartoonist, teacher, and celebrity collaborator. He adapted his first novel, Small Apartments (Anvil Press, 2001), into a feature film directed by Jonas Akerlund that stars Billy Crystal, Matt Lucas, James Caan, Johnny Knoxville, Dolph Lundgren, Peter Stormare, Juno Temple, James Marsden, Amanda Plummer, Rosie Perez, Rebel Wilson, and many more. The film made its World Premiere at the 2012 South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas and is distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures. Chris is professionally represented by Anonymous Content, which is also partnering to produce his feature films "God & California" (which he adapted from his second novel) and "Mega Takedown: The Truthy Adventures of Kim Dotcom" (inspired by the life and times of the accused Internet copyright pirate). A few more upcoming projects include his family comedy "Milo"-about a nerdy bigfoot who falls in love with a human girl and wishes to be smooth (with Jonas Akerlund to direct and Matt Lucas to star); the screwball caper comedy "Tackling Larry Csonka" (scheduled for a full-cast table read at Ben Stiller's Red Hour), "Love Brokers", based on the real-life adventure of an east coast mob enforcer who moved to Texas in the 1980's to become a millionaire in the dating industry (about which, Chris is also penning a series of mystery novels); and "The Wild Man", based on the amazing, true story of two little-known actors that inherited a fortune from a reclusive Illinois farmer they never met (a story featured on ABC's "20/20", Fox Business Network's "Strange Inheritance", and TLC's upcoming "Suddenly Rich"). As a celebrity collaborator, Chris's credited books include The Making of a Stand-Up Guy, with "Chappelle's Show" star Charlie Murphy (Simon & Schuster, 2009), and the national bestseller Here's the Situation, with Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, star of MTV's "Jersey Shore" (Penguin, 2010). He has traveled America, writing with stand-up headliners like actor-comedian Rob Schneider, has delivered lectures at colleges on film and three-act structure, and has served as faculty for writing seminars and retreats. Since 1995, Chris has partnered with John McPherson on the syndicated cartoon panel "Close To Home," distributed by Universal Press Syndicate to over 700 newspapers worldwide. He has published thousands of cartoons in newspapers, magazines, books, on greeting cards and toys. His illustrated books including An American Bestiary (Lone Oak Press, 2000) by the late presidential candidate, U.S. Senator, and poet-statesman Eugene J. McCarthy, the bestselling New England children's book, A Clam Named Sam (Lone Oak Press, 2001) by conservationist Lee DeVitt, and the upcoming children's book, Rocketfish, which he wrote and illustrated. Beginning his career as an art director, sportswriter, and political cartoonist for daily newspapers in upstate New York, Chris holds a B.A. in Art from Buffalo State College (Buffalo, NY) and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College (Vermont). He lives in New York and Los Angeles with his wife and identical twin sons and now serves as the Distinguished Visiting Professor and Writer in Residence at Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe.