Chris Bouchard
Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director of The Hunt for Gollum, an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000 using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009.
Chris Bouchard
- Name
- Chris Bouchard
- Education
- University of York
- Occupation
- Film producer, film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director of The Hunt for Gollum, an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000 using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009.
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In its first week it was the fourth most watched film in the US, after X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, and "a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey." As of May 2024, it had been watched by 13 million people. Bouchard went on to direct feature-length crime drama Hackney’s Finest in 2014, which was produced by London film studio Framestore. In 2018 he co-directed The Little Mermaid, which was released on Netflix. The film starred Shirley MacLaine, Poppy Drayton, William Moseley and Loreto Peralta.
• Name — Chris Bouchard • Education — University of York • Occupation — Film producer, film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2009–present Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director of The Hunt for Gollum, an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000 using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009. In its first week it was the fourth most watched film in the US, after X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek, and "a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey." As of May 2024, it had been watched by 13 million people. Bouchard went on to direct feature-length crime drama Hackney’s Finest in 2014, which was produced by London film studio Framestore. In 2018 he co-directed The Little Mermaid, which was released on Netflix. The film starred Shirley MacLaine, Poppy Drayton, William Moseley and Loreto Peralta.
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Best Fiction Produced for the Web for The Hunt for Gollum at the 2009 Cinéma Tous Ecrans festival.
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