Chris Easterly, MFA
Bio
Professor Chris Easterly is a professional screenwriter, independent filmmaker, and author. A graduate of the prestigious Warner Brothers Television Writers Workshop, he has written for Fox, Cartoon Network, NBC, Hallmark Channel, and others.
Among his credits are the Hallmark Channel movie The Shunning (2011), adapted from Beverly Lewis’s New York Times bestselling novel; Cartoon Network children’s action show Unnatural History (2010); and the acclaimed documentary Carl Lutz: Dangerous Diplomacy (2020). His feature directorial debut, Devil’s Hollow (2023), was an official selection of the SOHO International Film Festival and the Golden State Film Festival, among others.
Professor Easterly’s feature script Between Us won the Kairos Prize for best spiritually uplifting screenplay at the 2026 Movieguide Awards. His book, Writing, Making, and Distributing Your Short Film: How the Short Film Can Advance Your Craft and Career received the 2026 Broadcast Education Association’s Textbook Award. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Asbury University, and is Artist-In-Residence at Regent University. Represented by Bauman Management in Los Angeles, he is a member of the Writers Guild of America.
As author Frederick Buechner writes: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” The world hungers for well-told stories, and Professor Easterly finds his deep gladness and vocation in sharing his knowledge and experience with aspiring Christian visual storytellers.
Credentials
- MFA in Screenwriting, Asbury University, 2022