Chris Waitt
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Chris Waitt (born Christopher Martyn Preston Waitt, February 8, 1974) is an independent filmmaker, musician and writer from London, England.
Waitt was born to a half-Scottish mother, Hilary, and a Northumbrian father, Martyn, though he grew up mainly on the south coast of England in the quiet seaside town of Worthing-by-Sea.
Films and Television
After a failed career as a musician, Waitt began to make 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 humourous look at a group of ten year olds who form a death metal band called Hatred. The film was included on the the DVD collection Wolphin , Vol. 4 [3].
Waitt also directed, co-wrote and co-created the MTV adult puppet show Fur TV, with his long term collaborator, writer / producer Henry Trotter.
In 2008, Waitt completed his first feature film, the confessional and humourous 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].
The rights for A Complete History of My Sexual Failures were recently purchased by Universal studios, and a remake is due to be made next year, to be directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Fockers, Austin Powers). Waitt is an Executive Producer on the film.
Waitt is currently developing a second film with Babycow productions, provisionally entitled Untitled Chris Waitt Vanity Project no. 2.
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. As a solo artist, or with The Puppies, Chris has performed at a number of English music festivals, notably Reading [4], Latitude [5] and Gold [6]. Waitt also dee-jays under the name Bad DJ.
Personal Life
Born in Brighton, Waitt grew up on the south coast of England in the quiet seaside town Worthing-by-Sea. Chris' adult life has been characterised by a series of disasterous relationships with women, a subject which he explored at length in his autobiographical documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures. Whilst making the film he met Russian photographer Alexandra Boyarskaya. The couple now live together in East London.
References
- ^ http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/bafta-scotland-awards-2005/
- ^ a b http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1632389/awards
- ^ http://www.wholphindvd.com/issues/wholphin-no-4/
- ^ http://2008.readingfestival.com/news/story.aspx.aid=cce02f8b-6976-41e1-98db-74c3949429f8.html
- ^ http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/content/content_detail.php?id=2464&type=Features
- ^ http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/others2008/gold/