Christopher Santos is a screenwriter, creative consultant, and novelist. The former vice-president of Ddevelopment for Dustin Hoffman's Punch 21 Productions, he has consulted on the development of many feature film and television scripts. He is the author of two Plume titles, The Loves of a D-Girl and Wanderlust, which has been published in 10 languages. He wrote and developed Holyland USA, an original half-hour comedy, for Showtime and wrote for The United States of Tara. He is the first prize recipient of the Laurel Entertainment Screenwriting Award. He teaches at Emerson College.
Discipline:
Literature
Christopher Santos
Discipline:
Literature
Region: San Francisco, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 1990
Studios
Star
Christopher Santos worked in the Star studio.
Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…