Chip Hourihan
Chip Hourihan is an American film producer and director.[1] He produced Frozen River, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and by Rezo Films. Frozen River received over 20 Best Picture and Best Actor nominations, won two Gotham Independent Film Awards and two Independent Spirit Awards, and was nominated for two Academy Awards. Hourihan received a 2008 AFI Award from the American Film Institute for produceing Frozen River. Hourihan produced the feature film Any Day Now, which was released in 2012, and received multiple Audience Awards for Best Feature Film, as well as Best Actor Awards for Alan Cumming. Hourihan has also produced 'Mind the Gap', which won the Special Jury Prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was acquired by Showtime Entertainment. Hourihan wrote and directed the feature film Glissando, based upon a short story by Robert Boswell, which won numerous Best Picture and Best Actors awards on the film festival circuit.
Early life and education
Hourihan was born in Concord, MA. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Yale University.