Chris Messineo

Chris Messineo is an awardwinning writer and director As the owner and director of NJ Film School he has taught the craft of independent filmmaking to hundreds of kids teens and adults who have gone on to win their own awards for writing and directing He has worked as a director screenwriter cinematographer editor script reader screenplay consultant and even a film festival judge He is the founder of Off Stage Films an independent production company Their films have played at festivals around the world and been recognized for screenwriting acting sound cinematography editing score and directing In 1998 he formed the NJ Screenwriters Group and since then they have held hundreds of original screenplay readings In 2002 he created MoviePoet a free online contest and forum to celebrate the art of short scripts and help bring screenwriters and filmmakers together resulting in the production of over 300 films Chris is passionate about filmmaking teaching and frequently lectures on Hitchcock Film Noir Chaplin and Keaton and much more Most recently he wrote and directed The Strange Dark