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Christopher Storer | |
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Born | 1981 (age 44) |
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Christopher Storer (born 1980or1981) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Having initially risen to prominence for his collaborations with comedian Bo Burnham, such as co-directing Burnham's comedy specials what. (2013) and Make Happy (2016) and producing Burnham's debut film Eighth Grade (2018), he became more widely known as the creator, co-showrunner, writer, and director of the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he has won four Primetime Emmy Awards.
Christopher Storer was born in 1980or1981 and grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois. [1] It was here that he met Chris Zucchero, the owner of Mr. Beef, the sandwich shop which became the basis for The Bear. [1] Storer's sister Courtney is a professional chef who serves as a culinary supervisor on the series. [2]
Storer rose to prominence with his collaborations with Bo Burnham—co-directing the comedy specials what. (2013) and Make Happy (2016), as well as serving as a producer on Burnham's debut feature film Eighth Grade (2018)—and Hasan Minhaj on his comedy special Homecoming King (2017), which received a Peabody Award. [3]
From 2019 he served as a director and an executive producer on Ramy Youssef's comedy-drama series Ramy . [4]
He became widely known as the creator, co-showrunner, writer, and director of the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he has won four Emmy Awards. [5]
Storer lives in Los Angeles. [1] He is the partner of Gillian Jacobs. [6]
Producer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2018 | Eighth Grade | |
2020 | The Rental | |
2021 | On the Count of Three | Executive producer |
2024 | Y2K | Producer |
Writer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2025 | F1 | "Additional Literary Material" |
Director
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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2013 | Bo Burnham: what. | Yes | No | No | Comedy special Co-director |
2016 | Bo Burnham: Make Happy | Yes | No | No | Comedy special Co-director |
2017 | Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King | Yes | No | No | Comedy special |
2018 | The Comedy Lineup | Yes | No | No | 16 episodes |
2019–2020 | Ramy | Yes | No | Yes | Executive producer (20 episodes) Co-executive producer (4 episodes) Director (6 episodes) |
2019 | Ramy Youssef: Feelings | Yes | No | Yes | Comedy special |
Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago | Yes | No | No | ||
Dan Soder: Son of a Gary | Yes | No | Yes | ||
2020 | Little Voice | Yes | No | No | 1 episode |
2021 | Dickinson | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes |
2022–present | The Bear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Creator, co-showrunner |
Executive producer
Year | Title | Notes |
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2017 | Jerrod Carmichael: 8 | Comedy special |
2018 | Chris Rock: Tamborine | Comedy special |
Drew Michael: Drew Michael | Comedy special | |
2019 | Home Videos | |
Sermon on The Mount | Documentary | |
Lil Rel: Live in Crenshaw | Comedy special | |
2020 | Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One | Comedy special |
Drew Michael: Red Blue Green | Comedy special |