Chris is the current Artistic and General Director of Crow’s Theatre in Toronto. His is an award winning theatre/film director, dramaturg and teacher and is well known across the country for his rigorous and bold stagings of contemporary and classical plays. He is also a leading creator and developer of new work. In 1999 Chris co-founded Go-Chicken-Go, a Toronto based experimental theatre company. In 2000 he co-founded and was co-artistic director of Bill Glassco's Montreal Young Company, mandated to provide repertory training in Classical Theatre to recent graduates of Canadian theatre schools.In 2003 Chris directed the feature-film adaptation of Kristen Thomson's award winning hit I, Claudia for which he won a Gemini award. The film was also named one of 2004's top ten Canadian films by The Toronto International Film Festival Group.A graduate of the National Theatre School's directing program, Chris has since returned to NTS as an instructor and mentor for directing students and recently served as the Co-Director of the school's Directing Section.Specialties: Theatre Direction, New Play Dramaturgy, Actor Coaching, Teaching.