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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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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• Name — Chris Bouchard • Education — University of York • Occupation — Film producer, film director, screenwriter • Years Active — 2009–present
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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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- 1.Dollard, Emma. University of Chester - Interview with Chris Bouchard. Transformative Works and Cultures. 3. 15 September 2009. 10.3983/twc.2009.0168.
- 2.NY Times - Hunt for Gollum Interview with Chris Bouchard.
- 3.Film Debate - Interview with Chris Bouchard.
- 4.Rogers, Richard. Guardian - fan films Hunt for Gollum. TheGuardian.com. 2 May 2009.
- 5.Hunt for Gollum. BBC News.
- 6.The Telegraph (UK) - Hunt for Gollum.
- 7.PR Web - Hunt for Gollum World Premiere.
- 8.Kansas State University. Youtube is Changing Media Landscape.
- 9.Montali, Stefano. ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ Was Just Announced. It Was on YouTube in 2009. New York Times.
- 10.Guardian - Week's New Films. TheGuardian.com. 4 April 2015.
- 11.Screen Daily. Gravitas Acquires Londons Finest.
- 12.Review 'The Little Mermaid'. Los Angeles Times.
- 13.- The Little Mermaid. The Independent. 10 March 2017.
- 14.Telegraph (UK) - Short Film Success Stories.
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