Christopher Roberts

Chris Roberts founded Ascendant Pictures in early 2003 and in just a short time established himself and the company as a force in the world of independent film production and finance In 2004 Roberts earned an Executive Producer credit on The Punisher and produced The Big White Robin Williams Holly Hunter Woody Harrelson and Lord Of War Nicolas Cage Ethan Hawke Jared Leto In 2005 Roberts produced Lucky Number Slevin In addition he served as Executive Producer on The Jacket Adrien Brody and Keira Knightly and the upcoming Robert Towne film Ask The Dust Colin Farrell and Selma Hayek The end of 2006 finds him producing the effects laden scifi Viking project Outlander starring Jim Caviezel Sophia Myles and Jack Huston and to be directed by Howard McCain Principal photography began October 16 in Nova Scotia and will continue through January 2007 Roberts will also serve as Executive Producer on Black Water Transit which films January 2007 in New Orleans Prior to founding Ascendant Roberts was Chairman and CEO of Digital Anvil DA the game development and digital effects company he founded in 1996 with funding from Microsoft and Advanced Micro Devices Roberts guided DAs growth to annual revenues of 14 million prior to the release of many of its games in development His innovations changed the gaming industry His games were the first to perfect the use of 35mm film as narrative in interactive game titles and DA became the first interactive entertainment company to produce a game title Wing Commander into a 25 million feature film directed and produced by Roberts The film starred Freddie Prinze Jr I Know What You Did Last Summer Saffron Burrows Deep Blue Sea and Matthew Lillard Scooby Doo