Christopher Tuffin

Christopher Tuffin

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Born and raised in Long Beach, NY and a graduate of the University of Houston (where he also played football for the nationally ranked Houston Cougars), Christopher Tuffin is an experienced executive who pulls from a diverse career as a sports agent, talent manager, sportscaster/sportswriter, producer and tech innovator.  Christopher began his career working freelance for ESPN and Fox’s A CURRENT AFFAIR, the prior of which he led to a 1993 Sports Emmy, which in turn led him to develop his own talk show for HBO DOWNTOWN/ESPN2 and subsequently produce/host his own nationally syndicated golf series.  In 1997, Chris transitioned into film working under Peter and Bobby Farrelly on the Twentieth Century Fox summer blockbuster THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY and then segued into producing on such indies as CHAPTER ZERO and the award winning documentary OPEN MIC featuring Dave Chappelle.  In 2001 he joined manager Rick Dorfman to build a production business around a comedy roster which included at the time Ed Helms, Greg Giraldo and Richard Jeni. The company had a deal at NBC where it produced THE GREG GIRALDO SHOW pilot with Conan O’Brien’s Conaco. The company produced four network pilots and one series.  In 2003, Christopher formed the horror shingle BloodWorks with former Houston teammate (and two time Denver Broncos Super Bowl winning linebacker) Glenn Cadrez and Jive/Zomba music executive Jonathan McHugh where they produced such genre titles as 2001 MANIACS (LIONSGATE), HOOD OF HORROR (XENON) and 2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS (NU IMAGE). During his tenure he also acquired the Jerry Lewis controlled feature film library.  In 2005, he became the head of the film finance and production company Social Capital where he financed and produced such films as TELL TALE (alongside Ridley and Tony Scott), THE COUNTESS starring Julie Delpy, Daniel Bruhl and William Hurt, and DARK TIDE starring Halle Berry.  In 2012, Christopher joined former ICM agent Renée Tab in forming the production and management company Sentient. The list of filmmakers whom the company has represented over the years includes David Cronenberg (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE), Pierre Morel (TAKEN), William Friedkin (THE EXORCIST), Shekhar Kapur (ELIZABETH), Atom Egoyan (THE SWEET HEREAFTER), Alejandro Monteverde (BELLA), Harald Zwart (THE KARATE KID) and many many more. The company has produced such hit TV series as FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN for Ryan Murphy (co-created by their clients Zam and Cohen) starring Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon. The show garnered 18 Emmy nominations, 4 Golden Globe nominations and a BAFTA nomination. On the feature film side, they have produced or executive produced such films as MAPS TO THE STARS starring Robert Pattinson and Julianne Moore (who won Cannes and garnered a Golden Globe nomination), LINE OF DUTY starring Aaron Eckhart, and OVERDRIVE starring Scott Eastwood and Ana de Armas.  His other more recent films include CANARY BLACK starring Kate Beckinsale (#1 Amazon Prime), FREELANCE starring John Cena (#1 on Hulu/#2 Netflix), PEPPERMINT starring Jennifer Garner (which opened at #2 theatrically and went onto become #1 on Netflix) and SOUND OF FREEDOM (which grossed $14M on its first day of release, $250M theatrically, and has grossed over $400M worldwide-to-date from all media).  In 2023 he founded Strong Island, one of the leading independent studios which develops, packages, finances, produces, markets and develops feature film and television content globally

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