Bio

CHRISTOPHER CANAAN Chris was supervising producer and co-writer for Michael Mann’s Emmy Award winning mini-series, “Camerena: Drug Wars.” He has written movies and mini-series for CBS, NBC, ABC, The Family Channel, Fox, USA, Show Time, Hallmark and Starz Encore, including “Cries Unheard,” with Hillary Swank, “Robinson Crusoe,” starring Pierce Brosnan, and Dashiell HammettÕs “The House On Turk Street,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. Additionally, he has scribed “Gabriel’s Fire,” staring James Earl Jones, and was co-creator of the CBS series, “Walker Texas Ranger.” His screen adaptations include the works of Elmore Leonard, Ann Rice and Robert Ludlum.

Canaan holds an MFA in Theater from University of California San Diego, where he developed workshops based on the Dr. Claude Steiner’s book, “Scripts People Live.” He has performed in regional theater at the Old Globe Theater, the Los Angeles Music Center and the professional repertory companies at Tulane University in New Orleans, Dartmouth College, and Tufts University.

For the last several years, Canaan has taught screenwriting for the Writers Program at UCLA Extension and lectured at various universities, including University of California, Berkley and California Lutheran University. Canaan is a member of the faculty at the Academy of Cinema, at the Karamanos Studio in Athens, Greece. Lifetime Network is currently shooting Canaan’s script “Little Girl Lost,” in the Spring of 2008.

- CHRISTOPHER CANAAN