Chris Paine is an American filmmaker. His most notable work to date is Who Killed the Electric Car?, which he wrote and directed. Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 Documentary film that explores the birth limited commercialization and subsequent death of the Battery electric
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Career
Before writing and directing Who Killed the Electric Car?, Paine served as Executive Producer on Faster (2003) and William Gibson: No Maps for these Territories (2000). Who Killed the Electric Car? is a 2006 Documentary film that explores the birth limited commercialization and subsequent death of the Battery electric Motion Pictures An executive producer of a Motion picture is typically a producer who is sometimes involved in creative or technical aspects of production No Maps for These Territories is a 2000 Documentary film made by Mark Neale focusing on the Science fiction author William Gibson.
Prior directing and producing projects include MTV/Initial Film's Buzz (1990) and shorts including Mailman (Sundance, 1995), Trillion Cubic Feet]] (1992), Looking Back (1994), and Return to the Philippines (1986).
Paine assisted writer/director Michael Tolkin on the feature films The Player and The New Age. Michael Tolkin (born October 17, 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist The Player is a 1992 Film that tells the story of Griffin Mill ( Tim Robbins) a Hollywood studio executive who is being He was a segment producer for Zoo Life with Jack Hanna.
Education
Chris Paine studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse. The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is an Actor training school in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford He attended the school the same years as actors Dylan McDermott, Allison Janney and screenwriter Steve Rogers the writer of "Hope Floats and "Kate and Leopold". He also studied film at New York University. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. He graduated from Colgate University in 1983. Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County New York, USA
Business
In 1984, Paine co-founded Mondo-tronics which provided robotic materials for the Mars Pathfinder mission and other clients.
In 1994, Chris founded Internet Outfitters, an online services firm which he sold in 1999. Content sites included grammy. com, yosemite. org, toshiba. com, allergan. com, waroftheworlds. com, and radioclassics. com.
Filmography
Producer:
- Faster (2003) (executive producer)
- No Maps for These Territories (2000) (co-executive producer)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- The New Age (1994) (assistant: Michael Tolkin)
- The Player (1992) (assistant to writer and producer) (uncredited)
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