Chrisis a producer, director, and writer of movies, plays, and videos. A member of the Sundance Institute Collective, Chris produced the award-winning documentaryDeep Run with their support. His first documentary The World’s Best Promwon Best Documentary at the Wisconsin Film Festival in 2001, and inspired a popular episode of NPR’sThis American Life. Talbott served as an executive assistant to actor/director Tim Robbins on the Academy-Award winningDeadMan Walkiingand Cradle Will Rock . In that time, he wrote three plays which were developed and produced with OVO, SoHo Rep, HERE, and Theater for the New City. Also the founder of Cause Effect Agency, which connects celebrity talent with worthy causes, Talbott studied history at Brown University and Chinese at Nanjing University (China). Originally from Racine, Wisconsin, Talbott currently resides in New York City.
