Cris Cole

Cris Cole is a British writer and producer, born in Wallingford, England. He grew up in London and attended Elliott Comprehensive School in Roehampton, London. After leaving school he worked as a professional guitarist for the next 15 years, playing in bands including Jimmy The Hoover, The Directions and The Hollywood Killers.

Cole then turned to writing and wrote a pilot for Tiger Aspect / BBC, called Embassy, starring Robert Daws. Cole has multiple other TV credits, including episodes of Night and Day, Twisted Tales and The Bill, feature film credits, including Lovebite (Ecosse Films, 2012) and Pelican Blood[1] (Ecosse Films, 2010), as well as the TV movie The Good Times Are Killing Me (Shaftersbury Films, 2009).

Cole is best known as the creator of the award-winning[2] and the BAFTA nominated[3] British TV series Mad Dogs, starring Marc Warren, Max Beesley, John Simm and Phil Glenister. He was the sole writer of all 14 episodes for the four UK seasons for Sky TV, produced by Left Bank Pictures.[4] Cole was the executive producer and showrunner on the Mad Dogs U.S. television series made by Amazon Studios/Sony Pictures Television.[5] The show was streamed on Amazon in the US, Germany and the UK. Sony sold Mad Dogs to 140 other territories. The series starred Ben Chaplin, Michael Imperioli, Romany Malco, Steve Zahn and Billy Zane.[6] Producers of Amazon’s adaptation of Mad Dogs toyed with the idea of having the killer wear a Donald Trump mask. In the original British series, the killer wears a Tony Blair mask. “We thought about who it could be and went through various machinations and various ideas we realized would get us into terrible trouble,” original Brit series creator Cris Cole told TV critics this morning at TCA.[7]

Personal life

He is the son of the late actor George Cole and former film actress Eileen Moore.[8] He is married to American actress Christine St. John and they live between London and Los Angeles.

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Ray Bennett (14 October 2010). "Pelican Blood -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Associated Press. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Broadcasting Press Guild TV and Radio Awards 2012". Broadcastingpressguild.org. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Mallorca based drama, Mad Dogs, nominated for BAFTA". Leftbankpictures.co.uk. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  4. ↑ Ben Marshall (11 May 2011). "Mad Dogs: should a second series be unleashed?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Amazon's New Series 'Mad Dogs' Is Unexpected, Weird, and Hilarious". Inverse.com.
  6. ↑ Leo Barraclough (21 January 2016). "Sony Pictures Television Sells U.S. Drama ‘Mad Dogs’ to More Than 140 Countries". Variety. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  7. ↑ Lisa de Moraes (11 January 2016). "Amazon’s ‘Mad Dogs’ Mulled Donald Trump Mask For Killer – TCA". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  8. ↑ "George Cole couldn't heal 45-year rift". Daily Mirror.
  9. ↑ James Poniewozik (20 January 2016). "Review: On ‘Mad Dogs,’ an Amazon Series, Male Bellicosity Rules". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
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