Chris Bender (film producer)

Chris Bender (born in 1971) is an American film producer whose beginnings were through co-producing American Pie film series based on his own high school experiences.[1] In November of 1998, he established the management/production company, Benderspink, with partner J.C. Spink, a fellow alumnus of Bucknell University . They have had a successful first look deal with New Line Cinema [2] for over 15 years. Benderspink also recently inked a first look deal with Universal Cable Productions. [3]

Chris has produced or developed projects that have grown into six franchises in various genres: "Final Destination", “American Pie”, “The Ring”, “Cats & Dogs”, “The Butterfly Effect”, and “The Hangover” series. Eight of his movies have opened to number one, and Chris and JC were nominated for a Golden Globe Award for A History of Violence".[4]

He most recently served as producer on the hit comedy “We’re the Millers", starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis, and “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”, starring Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, and the comedy “Vacation”, a sequel to the original national lampoon franchise starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, and Chris Hemsworth, all for New Line Cinema.

Filmography

Producer

Year Title Role Notes
1999 American Pie co-producer
2000 Final Destination associate producer
2001 Cats & Dogs executive producer
American Pie 2 co-producer
2002 Cheats producer
2003 American Wedding producer
Blind Horizon co-executive producer
2004 The Butterfly Effect producer
2005 The Ring Two co-executive producer
Monster-in-Law producer
A History of Violence producer
Red Eye producer
Just Friends producer
2006-09 Kyle XY executive producer TV Series
2009 The Hangover executive producer
2010 Leap Year producer
2011 I Am Number Four executive producer
Arthur producer
The Hangover II executive producer
2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone producer
The Hangover III executive producer
We're the Millers producer
2014 Zombeavers producer
2015 Vacation producer
2015 Criminal producer

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