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Christine Conradt (born October 7, 1973) is an American screenwriter, director, film producer and author. After lettering in academics in high school, she graduated from high school in Lincoln, Nebraska and was accepted to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she obtained a BFA in Screenwriting.[1] She worked briefly in development and at other short-term jobs including multiple roles at a Los Angeles-based YMCA until she launched her career as a screenwriter.

Early in her career, Conradt wrote TV movies primarily for Lifetime Network, USA, and Showtime. Later on, she also began directing and producing.[2]

In 2013, Conradt obtained a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University and went on to novelize three of her Lifetime movies into YA novels (Missing at 17, Pregnant at 17, and Murdered at 17) after securing a contract with HarperCollins.[3] The books were released in 2018, one month apart, with Missing at 17’s release aligning with the release of the film.[4]

The same year, Conradt was hired to write her first screenplay for Hallmark. Based on the success of that film, Conradt continued to write several romantic comedies and Christmas-themed movies for Hallmark and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and in 2020 and 2021, produced and directed two additional romcoms. The Nature of Romance was shot on location in Oklahoma.[5] The film initially premiered on UPtv. Their second film, Love, Game, Match, starring Dale Moss and Cristine Prosperi was shot in Louisiana and premiered on Pureflix.[6]

Early Life and Education

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Conradt moved frequently due to her father’s job as an insurance salesman, and her family lived in Omaha, Auburn, Columbus, and Fremont before eventually settling in Lincoln where she attended Lincoln East Jr./Sr. High School and lettered in academics.[7][8][9]

Already interested in writing at a young age, she won the Nebraska Young Author’s Award in the fourth grade and placed third in the state-wide competition in the fifth grade.[10] In junior high, her writing was published in a variety of magazines and poetry anthologies. In high school, she focused primarily on academics and took AP classes, making the Dean's List all four years before graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1992.[11]

The following year, she moved to Los Angeles to study Screenwriting at the University of Southern California, the same school attended by acclaimed filmmakers George Lucas, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Robert Zemeckis, John Carpenter, Judd Apatow, John Singleton, Nahnatchka Kahn and Shonda Rhimes.[12] There, she studied under successful screenwriters John Furia Jr. and Stanley Ralph Ross. She also interned at Paramount Pictures, received a partial academic scholarship, and was the recipient of the Fox 2000 Fellowship and Marguerite Roberts Screenwriting Award.[13] She graduated with honors from USC in 1996.

In 2011, Conradt was accepted to graduate school at Boston University and earned her master’s degree in Criminal Justice in order to, in her own words, “be the best crime writer I could be.” There she took classes in white-collar crime, victimology, and juvenile delinquency. Her academic paper titled Theoretical Analysis of Online Auction Fraud: The Adrian Ghighina Case applied criminological theories including rational choice theory, routine activities theory, social learning theory, and differential reinforcement theory, to a case involving a cybercrime ring from Romania that was victimizing users of eBay and was published in volume 6 issue 1 of the International Journal of Cyber Criminology.[14]

Career

1990s

In high school, Conradt worked as a cashier at Long John Silver’s, Wilson’s Leather, and sold Cutco knives to earn extra money.

While at USC, Conradt worked at the YMCA as a lifeguard,[15] swim instructor, and fitness instructor while also waiting tables at the popular Polynesian-themed The Warehouse restaurant in Marina del Rey. A few months after graduating, she left her job at The Warehouse and worked as an assistant in Facilities Management at Twentieth Century Fox lot.[16] Wanting a more creative role, she left after one year and took a position as assistant to producer Clark Peterson at Image Organization, the now-defunct production and distribution company formed by Pierre David and Rene Malo. The company was subsequently sold and Conradt moved with Peterson to MDP Worldwide, owned by Mark Damon. After a brief stint, she left when she was offered a full-time position as Healthy Lifestyles Director at the YMCA. During this time, she was also hired to rewrite The Perfect Nanny a TV movie starring Bruce Boxleitner and Tracy Nelson.[17]

2000s

A few years passed before Conradt was hired to write any more screenplays. Aside from providing script coverage part-time on weekends to a few production and distribution companies, Conradt continued to work at the YMCA and was subsequently promoted to Senior Program Director. She worked there until she was offered a full-time position as a writer/editor for EEC International, writing English foreign language books for children and adults in South Korea.[18]

While at EEC International, Conradt was hired to rewrite several more TV movies for Lifetime Network and within two years, left EEC International to write screenplays full time including Summer’s Moon,[19][20] a horror film starring Ashley Greene distributed by Lionsgate, Hotel California starring Tyson Beckford and Erik Palladino, and Accused at 17 starring Nicole Gale Anderson in which Conradt also served as Associate Producer.[21]

In 2007, Christine wrote the screenplay for Hotel California which was an Official Selection at the 2008 of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival and the 2008 Kansas International Film Festival even though the official theatrical release wasn't until 2010.

2010s

Conradt continued to write TV movies, most of which premiered on Lifetime Network. In 2015, she made her directorial debut on Flirting with Madness, a film starring Travis Hammer, Anne Winters, and Annalise Cochran which Conradt both wrote and directed for Lifetime.[22]

In 2017, she directed Killer Mom for Lifetime, shot in Ottawa, Canada, and 12 Days of Giving, a holiday-themed romcom she also wrote and produced, starring David Blue and Ashley Jones which she convinced the executive producer to shoot in Fremont, Nebraska.[23][24][25][26]

In 2018, Conradt wrote her first romcom for Hallmark titled Pearl in Paradise. The film shot in Fiji and starred Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha.[27]

The previous year, Conradt pitched the idea of turning some of the Lifetime movies she’d written into books to producers Pierre David and Tom Berry, who were amenable to the idea.[28][29][30]Conradt wrote a spec manuscript for Missing at 17 and submitted it to literary agent Ken Sherman whom she met at a writer’s conference in Los Angeles where they had both signed on as speakers. Sherman partnered with literary agent Katie Shea Boutillier at the Donald Maas Agency in Brooklyn, New York, and secured a publishing deal with HarperCollins to publish three YA novels based on three movies: Missing at 17, Pregnant at 17, and Murdered at 17. All three books were released one month apart in 2018.[31][32]

In 2018, her screenplay for the film Killer Island was nominated for Best Original Feature Film Screenplay at the Madrid International Film Festival. That same year, Killer Island was also announced winner of Best Feature Film by the Fort Myers Beach Film Festival.

2020 - Present

By 2020, Conradt had amassed 67 produced writing credits and 19 credits as Co-Producer or Executive Producer. In 2020, she wrote two more Christmas romcoms for Hallmark titled On the 12th Date of Christmas[33]and A Little Christmas Charm.[34]

In 2021, she wrote As Luck Would Have It, filmed in Ireland and another Christmas TV movie titled Open By Christmas starring Alison Sweeney, both for Hallmark.[35][36]

In 2019, she produced The Nature of Romance and Love, Game, Match, both of which were licensed to Reel One Entertainment. Conradt directed both films.[37]

In 2023, Conradt directed her third movie for Lifetime Network, titled Rooming with Danger, which was filmed in Los Angeles.[38] She was also tapped to write Tipline Murders: Dial 1 for Murder for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, which filmed in Vancouver in January the following year.

Personal Life

Conradt was born to Jerome and Mary Conradt. She has one younger sister, author and artist Jennifer D. James. In 2013, Conradt met her husband, David Baker, and the couple wed in 2018 in Discovery Bay, Jamaica.[39]

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
2001 The Perfect Nanny Yes No No Thriller
2005 A Killer Upstairs Yes No No Thriller
A Lovers Revenge Yes No No Thriller
Partners Yes No No Crime drama (short)
Ghetto Dawg 2 Yes No No Crime drama
2006 Murder in My House Yes No No Thriller
The Perfect Marriage Yes No No Thriller
The Rival Yes No No Thriller
2007 Demons from Her Past Yes No No Thriller
Like Mother, Like Daughter Yes No No Thriller
Framed for Murder Yes No No Thriller
‘Til Lies Do Us Part Yes No No Thriller
Christie’s Revenge Yes No No Thriller
My Daughter’s Secret Yes No No Thriller
2008 The Perfect Assistant Yes No No Thriller
A Woman’s Rage Yes No No Thriller
Maternal Obsession Yes No No Thriller
A Teacher’s Crime Yes No No Thriller
Dead at 17 Yes No No Thriller
Hotel California Yes No No Crime drama
2009 A Sister’s Secret Yes No No Thriller
My Nanny’s Secret Yes No No Thriller
Stripped Naked Yes No No Crime drama/comedy
Summer’s Moon Yes No No Horror
Accused at 17 Yes No Associate Producer Thriller
2010 Locked Away Yes No Associate Producer Thriller
The Boy She Met Online Yes No No Thriller
The Perfect Teacher Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
My Family’s Secret Yes No No Thriller
2011 The Perfect Roommate Yes No No Thriller
Secrets from Her Past Yes No No Thriller
Betrayed at 17 Yes Second Unit Director Co-Producer Thriller
2012 Walking the Halls Yes No No Thriller
Home Invasion Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
The Wife He Met Online Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
The Avenger Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
Stalked at 17 Yes No No Thriller
2013 The Perfect Boss Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
Missing at 17 Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
The Husband She Met Online Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
2014 The Secret Sex Life of a Single Mom Yes No Executive Producer Adaptation of book by the same title, drama
The Mentor Yes No No Thriller
Guilty at 17 Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
2015 My Life as a Dead Girl Yes No No Thriller
Flirting with Madness (aka The Bride He Bought Online) Yes Yes No Thriller
The Perfect Girlfriend Yes No No Thriller
2016 Pregnant at 17 Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
Mommy’s Little Girl Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
A Housekeeper’s Revenge Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
Boy in the Attic Yes No Thriller
Inconceivable Yes No Thriller
Monumental No No Co-Producer Drama
2017 Boyfriend Killer Yes No Thriller
Mommy’s Little Boy Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
Girl Followed Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
The Psycho She Met Online Yes No Thriller
Girlfriend Killer Yes No No Thriller
Killer Mom No Yes No Thriller
The Last Time Yes No No Science Fiction (short)
12 Days of Giving Yes Yes Producer Holiday romcom
2018 Mommy’s Little Angel Yes Thriller
Killer Island Yes No No Thriller
A Night to Regret Yes No No Thriller
Murdered at 17 Yes No Thriller
Zombie at 17 Yes No Executive Producer Thriller/horror
Pearl in Paradise Yes No No Romcom
Mommy’s Little Angel Yes No Thriller
2019 A Deadly Dance Yes No No Thriller
When Vows Break Yes No Thriller
Mommy’s Little Princess Yes No Executive Producer Thriller
My Mom’s Darkest Secrets Yes No No Thriller
2020 On the 12th Date of Christmas Yes No No Holiday romcom
A Little Christmas Charm Yes No No Holiday romcom
Obsession: Stalked by My Lover No No Executive Producer Thriller
Obsession: Escaping My Ex No No Executive Producer Thriller
Obsession: Her Final Vengeance No No Executive Producer Thriller
2021 As Luck Would Have It Yes No No Romcom
Dying to Marry Him Yes No No Thriller
Open by Christmas Yes No No Holiday romcom
Daddy’s Perfect Little Girl No No Executive Producer Thriller
Love, Game, Match (aka Putting Love to the Test) No Yes Producer Romcom
Deadly Ride No Yes No Thriller
2022 The Nature of Romance No Yes Producer Romcom
2023 Rooming with Danger No Yes No Thriller
2024 Tipline Murders Yes No No Mystery

Books

Year Title Publisher Genre
2018 Missing at 17 HarperCollins YA thriller
Pregnant at 17 HarperCollins YA thriller
Murdered at 17 HarperCollins YA thriller

Affiliations

Conradt is a member of the Alpha Phi Sigma (National Criminal Justice Honor Society) and the WGA.





References

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