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Christopher Martyn Preston Waitt (born 8 February 1971) is an English independent filmmaker, musician and writer from the seaside town of Worthing, England.

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Films and television

After an unsuccessful career as a rock musician, Waitt began to write and direct short films. He co-wrote, directed and performed in the Bafta winning short film Dupe, [1] [2] a comedy about a slacker who buys a cloning machine on eBay.

He also made a number of short documentaries, including the Bafta nominated Heavy Metal Jr. , a humorous look at a group of ten-year-olds who form a death metal band called Hatred. The film was included on the Wolphin DVD collection. [3]

Waitt also directed, co-wrote and co-created the MTV adult puppet show Fur TV, with his long-term collaborator, writer and producer Henry Trotter.

In 2008, Waitt completed his first feature film, the confessional and humorous documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures. The film was made through Warp films and Film4 and had its world premiere at the Sundance film festival in 2008, where it was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. [2] In 2009, the rights for A Complete History of My Sexual Failures were purchased by Universal Studios. The Hollywood remake will be directed by Jay Roach [4] (Meet the Fockers, Austin Powers). Waitt is an Executive Producer on the film. [5]

Waitt is currently developing a second film with Film4 and Babycow productions, [6] provisionally entitled Untitled Chris Waitt Vanity Project no. 2.

On 8 July 2012, Waitt's latest work was debuted on Sky F1 ahead of the 2012 British Grand Prix, McLaren Animation's first release, Tooned, is written and directed by Waitt and Henry Trotter.

In 2022, Waitt directed content for the experience "Avengers: Quantum Encounter", a dinner-show produced for the Disney Wish . [7]

Music

Waitt is the singer and guitarist in the experimental indie electro art metal band Warm Puppies. The band have produced much of the music for Waitt's films. [8] As a solo artist or with the Puppies, Chris has performed at a number of English music festivals, notably Reading, Latitude and Gold. [9] [10] [11] Waitt also dee-jays under the name Bad DJ.

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  1. ↑ "Cate Blanchett Best Actress: Australian Film Institute Awards + BAFTA Scotland & Golden Horse Winners". Alt Film Guide. 27 November 2005.
  2. 1 2 "Chris Waitt". IMDb.
  3. ↑ "Wholphin: A DVD Magazine of Unseen Films » Front". Lisbon-hotel.org. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Phillips, Emily. "Jay Roach Discovers His Sexual Failures", Empire , 10 March 2009. Retrieved on 2010-10-14.
  5. ↑ Siegel, Tatiana "Universal to remake 'Sexual Failures'", Variety , 8 July 2010. Accessed on 2010-10-14.
  6. ↑ "A succession of Baby Cow film projects is also underway. The company has struck a deal with Film 4 to work with Chris Waitt on his second movie, filmed in Russia and England." - Burrell, Ian. "Funny business: Henry Normal explains why his new project is no joke" The Independent , London, 8 July 2010. Accessed on 2010-10-14.
  7. ↑ Jirak, Jamie (7 April 2022). "Ant-Man Star Paul Rudd Appears in New Photo for Avengers: Quantum Encounter". ComicBook.com . Archived from the original on 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Chris Waitt". IMDb.
  9. ↑ "Reading Festival 2008 :: NEWS STORY". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Untitled Document". Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Gold 2008". Efestivals.co.uk.
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