Chris Gore

Christopher Patrick "Chris" Gore[1] (born September 5, 1965) is an American speaker and writer on the topic of independent film.[2]

Chris Gore
Gore speaking at the Phoenix Comicon in 2015
Born
Christopher Patrick Gore

(1965-09-05) September 5, 1965
Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
OccupationWriter, film critic

Life and career

Gore was born in Big Rapids, Michigan. Gore is the head writer and the founder of Film Threat magazine, a project dedicated to covering independent and underground film which he started in 1985.[3] He was also the editor in chief of Videogames Magazine from 1993–1995.[4] During this time, he also made his first television appearances on the Jones Computer Network, the network television precursor to ZDTV, as an editorialist and commentator on the state of video games and society.

He appeared on the G4 television program Attack of the Show,[5] and had also done a film-related segment on the weekly FX series The X Show. He was also the host and moderator of The New Movie Show with Chris Gore, also on FX, in 2000, where a panel mixed between critics and celebrity guests reviewed movies. G4 then based a recurring gag in an August 2010 episode of Attack of the Show on the murder of Chris Gore, bringing up three potential murderers each furthering the idea that his movies are horrible and that everyone wanted to kill him.[6] Gore attended Kimball High School in Royal Oak, Michigan (now renamed Royal Oak High School after the closing of Dondero High School).[7]

Gore co-wrote and produced the film My Big Fat Independent Movie, a parody of other indie films.[8] His books include The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made,[9] The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide[10] and The Complete DVD Book: Designing, Producing and Marketing Your Independent Film on DVD.[11] Gore also created the defunct Wild Cartoon Kingdom magazine[3] and co-created Sci-Fi Universe magazine. In 2009, Gore signed on to host a reality talk show called Hollywood on the Rocks produced by Mini Movie Channel and distributed by Ovation TV. Gore currently resides in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, Gore was interviewed in the Star Wars documentary film The Prequels Strike Back: A Fan's Journey and in the documentary film Sticky: A (Self) Love Story.

References
  1. "ThatChrisGore". Twitpic. June 21, 2011.
  2. "Chris Gore". The New York Times.
  3. Jack Shafer; et al. (May 8, 1996). "Dog Bites". SF Weekly. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  4. "High Definition Ninja". Wat-are-you-blogspot.com.
  5. Q&A with Chris Gore, G4tv.com, Retrieved January 28, 2010
  6. "New Movie Show With Chris Gore". The New York Times. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  7. "ThatChrisGore". Twitter. Scarier than walking down the senior hall at Kimball High school.
  8. "My Big Fat Independent Movie review". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  9. Winecoff, Charles (January 17, 2015). "The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made". Entertainment Weekly.
  10. Cruz, Clarissa (January 17, 2015). "The Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide". Entertainment Weekly.
  11. "Reference & Research Book News". Highbeam.com. February 1, 2006. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
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