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Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen

Editing

Biography

As an editor, Tanner Christensen is best known for his work on Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators (2023) and Studio C (2012). In 2025, Tanner made his directorial debut with Standout: The Ben Kjar Story.

Known For

Love, Kennedy
7.8

Kennedy Hansen is a funny, loving child but inexplicably she begins to fall. It takes years for the diagnosis… Juvenile Batten Disease, an extremely rare, terrible and terminal prognosis. There is no cure for Batten Disease and after living only sixteen years, Kennedy leaves behind a great legacy of love and friendship. But her story doesn't end at her death, that's when the miracles really begin. Based on a true story.

Love, Kennedy

2017
Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators
7.2

In the '90s, TV's stunt-filled "American Gladiators" thrilled fans. This docuseries explores the show's success — and how it almost ended before it began.

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

2023
The Cokeville Miracle
6.5

On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom.

The Cokeville Miracle

2015
Don Verdean
4.9

Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud.

Don Verdean

2015
Escape from Germany
6.3

1939, Hitler's army was closing borders, and 85 American missionaries were in Germany serving their church. The escape of these missionaries from Nazi Germany is one of the most dramatic events to occur in modern LDS history.

Escape from Germany

2024
17 Miracles
6.0

As part of the Willie Handcart Company, Levi Savage (Jasen Wade) feared that leaving late in the season would lead to despair and death. What he came to find out is that for every tragedy, there is a multitude of miracles. Based on unbelievable actual events, and brought to you by filmmaker T.C. Christensen (Praise to the Man, The Work and the Glory), 17 Miracles will open your eyes to the stories of the Mormon Pioneers as you have never seen them before. Something extraordinary is about to happen.

17 Miracles

2011
The Fighting Preacher
7.5

Willard Bean accepts a mission from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to travel to a new town, where he must fight to win respect.

The Fighting Preacher

2019
Standout: The Ben Kjar Story
N/A

Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warn that his life will be overshadowed by limitations. Ben yearns for an ordinary life free from the harsh scrutiny he faces daily. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surgeries, ignites a fire within him. Wrestling becomes his proving ground, a place where he learns to transform his facial difference into a source of power. Determined to succeed, he pushes himself relentlessly, breaking through physical, social, and even romantic barriers that once seemed insurmountable. But as unexpected challenges arise and ridicule resurfaces, Ben finds himself at a defining crossroads: fade into the background of a “normal” life, or fully embrace his unique path and boldly stand out.

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story

2026
Ninety-Five Senses
7.3

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

Ninety-Five Senses

2022
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story
8.2

In 1908, eighth grader Alma Richards quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal.

Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story

2025
Villains Inc.
5.9

After the death of their super powered villainous boss, low-level henchpeople Beatrix, Cain and Harold are left destitute living in an abandoned grocery store. Not content with the situation they find themselves in, Beatrix is determined for them to strike out on their own and take over the world by any means necessary.

Villains Inc.

2024
Joan of Arc
8.0

Could a nineteen-year-old girl change the course of history simply by faith? From ordinary farm girl to extraordinary hero, the life of Joan of Arc was one of conviction and courage. Fifteenth-century France was devastated by an ongoing war in which women did not fight. Yet Joan heeded the counsel of angels and transformed into a military leader, something her country needed but many feared. In this BYUtv original special, discover the stalwart spirit, military prowess, and enduring influence of Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc

2015
Phobic
2.0

A homicide detective sees similarities between herself and the victims of a killer who is murdering clinical phobics by exposing them to their fears.

Phobic

2020
Ephraim's Rescue
5.7

From T.C. Christensen, director of the sensational pioneer film, 17 Miracles, comes the heroic true story of a simple man who was called to do the work of angels. Ephraim’s Rescue relates the story of Ephraim Hanks: a rescuer of the Martin Handcart company. Follow Ephraim as his adventures lead him to join the LDS Church and ultimately to one of the most heroic rescues in American history. With a unique desire to help and strengthen others, Ephraim learns that each choice we make can prepare us for what lies ahead. He discovers, through it all, that decisions determine destiny.

Ephraim's Rescue

2013
Gordon B. Hinckley: A Giant Among Men
N/A

This is the first film to dramatize how President Hinckley was prepared by the Lord from his youth. From boyhood lessons, to tender moments with his mother in their library, to overcoming rejection in the mission field, you will feel the warmth that endeared him to so many later in life. In the railroad yard, behind a typewriter, and hand-in-hand with Marjorie, the love of his life, Gordon B. Hinckley grew to become a giant among men.

Gordon B. Hinckley: A Giant Among Men

2008
A 2nd Witness
N/A

Since she was a small girl, Jane Panting has heard miraculous stories from her mother, Elizabeth -- stories of temporal salvation that her young family experienced as they voyaged from Gloucester, England, to the Salt Lake Valley. She heard about the blessing Wilford Woodruff gave her mother, promising that she and her children would reach their destination and experience the Lord's providential hand on more than one occasion. But Jane was only an infant when they made their harrowing journey and is beginning to doubt her mother's fantastic stories -- until she receives a miracle of her own.

A 2nd Witness

2014