Chris Paine
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Chris Paine is an American filmmaker. His most notable work to date is Who Killed the Electric Car?, which he wrote and directed.
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[edit] Career
Before writing and directing Who Killed the Electric Car?, Paine served as Executive Producer on Faster (2003) and William Gibson: No Maps for these Territories (2000).
Prior directing and producing projects include MTV/Initial Film's Buzz (1990) and shorts including Mailman (Sundance, 1995), Trillion Cubic Feet]] (1992), Looking Back (1994), and Return to the Philippines (1986).
Paine assisted writer/director Michael Tolkin on the feature films The Player and The New Age. He was a segment producer for Zoo Life with Jack Hanna.
[edit] Education
Chris Paine studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. He attended the school the same years as actors Dylan McDermott, Allison Janney and screenwriter Steve Rogers the writer of "Hope Floats and "Kate and Leopold". He also studied film at New York University. He graduated from Colgate University in 1983.
[edit] Business
In 1984, Paine co-founded Mondo-tronics which provided robotic materials for the Mars Pathfinder mission and other clients.
In 1994, Chris founded Internet Outfitters, an online services firm which he sold in 1999. Content sites included grammy.com, yosemite.org, toshiba.com, allergan.com, waroftheworlds.com, and radioclassics.com.
[edit] Filmography
Producer:
- Faster (2003) (executive producer)
- No Maps for These Territories (2000) (co-executive producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- The New Age (1994) (assistant: Michael Tolkin)
- The Player (1992) (assistant to writer and producer) (uncredited)
