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Christopher Wingfield Morrison (nicknamed mink) is a British American film director and graphic novel writer. He is well-known as the director of based on the video games.
Biography
Christopher Wingfield was born in London, England and relocated with his parents to Los Angeles in the United States at the age of eight. Christopher attended photography college in Santa Barbara, after which he returned to Los Angeles and was given the job as a runner at Walt Disney Studios. According to IMDb, he took the name "mink" because it is a nickname that his mother gave him.[1] He is one of the few directors who openly talks to his fans on the Internet and can be found on IMDb talking to other users on the message boards. He has spent years directing music videos for such rap and hip-hop artists as Snoop Dogg, Master P and Slum Village, along with alternative groups such as Veruca Salt, Face 2 Face, Dead Poetic and Sheryl Crow.[2] In 2002, he was given a place as a director at Lawrence Bender's and Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart films. Wingfield directed the action comedy Full Clip in 2004 and the adventure thriller Into the Sun in 2005. He is currently in development of Mortal Kombat: Devastation, scheduled for a release in the future.[3] He also writes three creator owned graphic novels for Image Comics and Dark Horse Comics.
Filmography
- Full Clip (2004)
- Into the Sun (2005)
- Mortal Kombat: Devastation (release date pending)
