
Chris Bowman
Writing
Biography
Chris Bowman (born March 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. He is best known for writing A Minecraft Movie (2025), Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016), Masterminds (2016), and the Oscar-nominated short film Ninety-Five Senses (2022), all with frequent collaborator Hubbel Palmer. Bowman made his directorial debut in 2007 with American Fork (aka Humble Pie).
Known For

Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they'll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert crafter, Steve.
A Minecraft Movie

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers is an American animated television series about a pampered yet spunky dog and a hyperactive rabbit who get stuck in the Amazon Rainforest together. The show originally aired from August 2004 to August 2006. It was televised in the United States by Disney Channel.
Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

Maggie Pesky is an unusual young teen fly with big dreams. Maggie gets the community's attention with her antics in a conventional world of upstanding flies. Maggie is always plotting to make even mundane tasks fun and exciting.
The Buzz on Maggie

A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history.
Masterminds

A team of animal heroes with special skills and speedy vehicles work together to keep Big Tree City safe and solve the town's trickiest problems.
Big Tree City

A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you expect trouble follows.
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life

At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's destined for something big.
Humble Pie

A heartfelt depiction of a man facing his own mortality while reflecting on the grave mistakes of his youth.
Ninety-Five Senses

When the old fisherman tries to convince his donkey to climb the steep winding road of their Greek island, he finds Mariza to be one suborn ass. But the old man knows that no one can resist Zorba's dance.
The Stubborn Donkey

Director Paul Graham Scott joins a controversial Glasgow magazine, The Digger, as its court photographer naming and shaming gangsters, petty criminals, and pedophiles. The ethics of the paper and the role of vigilante journalism are questioned in this gritty documentary.
The Dirty Digger
A man and woman discover a severed bear's paw in a park and it unearths dark thoughts and strange perversions.