Biography

Educated at The King’s School Canterbury, Christopher’s roots are firmly embedded in the film industry. The third of four generations in the business, he assisted on films such as The Anniversary, starring Bette Davis, Peter Sellers’ The Wrong Arm of the Law and Lindsay Anderson’s This Sporting Life. As a producer he has been responsible for many films and series such as Danger UXB, The Knowledge (BAFTA nominated), The Flame Trees of Thika, The Irish R.M. and Soldier, Soldier.

His screenplays include Graham Greene’s Monsignor Quixote, starring Alec Guinness, which he also produced (Christopher Award NY and BAFTA nominated) and H.E. Bates’s Feast of July for Buena Vista / Disney. He also wrote the stage version of Monsignor Quixote. In 2003 his autobiographical book, Rungs On a Ladder, (about his formative years with Hammer Films), was published by Scarecrow Press. And 2004 sees the publication of the sequel A Take on British TV Drama - Stories from the Golden Age for the same publishers.

Also coming out this Summer is Lonicera, a love story - Trafford Publishing.

Currently he is working on a children’s book, The Secret World, with full- colour illustrations.

Courtenay, the stage musical, for which he wrote the Book and Lyrics was premièred in England in 2003.

He is married and lives in the south of France.

Christopher with Sally-Ann during an outdoor rehearsal of Courtenay