Christopher Kyle

Current

• Playwright at Playwrights Horizons
• Freelance Screenwriter at Warner Bros.

Past

• Freelance Screenwriter at Paramount Pictures
• Playwright at Brokenwatch Theatre Co.
• Freelance Screenwriter at Paramount Pictures

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Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Indiana State University

Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My Website

Christopher Kyle’s Experience

• Playwright

  Playwrights Horizons

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Performing Arts industry)

  April 2008 — Present (9 months)

  Writing a play under a commission from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

• Freelance Screenwriter

  Warner Bros.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TWX; Entertainment industry)

  May 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  Writing a film adaptation of The Interpretation of Murder, a novel by Jed Rubenfeld.

• Freelance Screenwriter

  Paramount Pictures

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)

  February 2006 — November 2006 (10 months)

  Rewrote original screenplay The Death of Conrad Shepherd.

• Playwright

  Brokenwatch Theatre Co.

  (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)

  June 2005 — October 2005 (5 months)

  Wrote and supervised production of The Safety Net, a play.

• Freelance Screenwriter

  Paramount Pictures

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; VIA; Entertainment industry)

  July 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Wrote screen adaptation of The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson.

Christopher Kyle’s Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  MFA, Playwriting, 1989 — 1992

• Indiana State University

  BA, English/Theater, 1983 — 1988

Additional Information

Christopher Kyle’s Websites:

• My Website

Christopher Kyle’s Groups:

Volunteer Mentor, Iraq Veterans Project, Writers Guild of America East Foundation
Member, Writers Guild of America East
Member, Dramatists Guild
Board Member, Brokenwatch Theatre Co.

Christopher Kyle’s Honors:

Guggenheim Fellow in Playwriting
Morton R. Sarett Award for Playwriting
Stanley Drama Award for Playwriting
Revson Playwriting Commission
Dreamworks Playwriting Commission

Christopher Kyle’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch