Chris Donahue

Chris divides his time between narrative film, documentaries and teaching. His most recent feature film STRAIGHT RIGHT premiered at the 2000 Los Angeles International Film Festival and will air on the Sundance Channel this spring. He is in post production on FORGOTTEN HEROES: THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN VETERANS' STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE. In 1998, he was honored with an Academy Award for the Best Live Action Short Film, VISAS AND VIRTUE. He teaches at the American Film Institute and Loyola-Marymount University. He was Co-Producer on the feature-film ENTERTAINING ANGELS: THE DOROTHY DAY STORY, starring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen, available through Warner Home Video. He worked as Director of Development for Paulist Pictures. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, he was honored two consecutive years by the New Orleans Press Club for the documentaries RUSSIA: A PRISON OF NATIONS and NICARAGUA: A LAND DIVIDED. His work at the local PBS affiliate led him to be selected as a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Fellow at WGBH in Boston. He serves as a trustee for the HUMANITAS Prize, is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and holds graduate degrees from the American Film Institute and the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California.