Chris Cunningham

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Cunningham
Occupation	Filmmaker
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1970(1970-10-15)
Age	54
Birthplace	Reading
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Libra

Chris Cunningham Biography

Chris Cunningham is one of the most popular and richest Filmmaker who was born on October 15, 1970 in Reading, United Kingdom.

Earlier work in film included model-making, prosthetic make-up and concept illustrations for Hardware and Dust Devil for director Richard Stanley, work on Nightbreed for Clive Barker, and on Alien for David Fincher. Between 1990 and 1992, he contributed the occasional cover painting and strip to Judge Dredd Megazine, working under the pseudonym “Chris Halls”; Halls is his stepfather’s surname.

After seeing Cunningham’s work on the 1995 film version of Judge Dredd, Stanley Kubrick head-hunted Cunningham to design and supervise animatronic tests of the central robot child character in his version of the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Cunningham worked for over a year on the film before leaving to pursue a career as a director.

Chris Cunningham Net Worth

Chris Cunningham is one of the richest Filmmaker from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Cunningham 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for “Windowlicker” and “Come to Daddy”, and Björk’s “All is Full of Love”. All were used in Chris’ chapter in Director’s Label. He has also created art installations and directed short movies. He was approached to direct a movie version of William Gibson’s cyberpunk novel Neuromancer; the project has been in development hell for more than two decades. In the 2000s, Cunningham began doing music production work, and has also designed album artwork for a variety of musicians.

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Who is Chris Cunningham Dating?

According to our records, Chris Cunningham married to Jenny Lee Lindberg. As of December 1, 2023, Chris Cunningham’s is not dating anyone.

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Cunningham has had close ties to Warp Records since his first video for Autechre, “Second Bad Vilbel”, which received airplay on MTV’s Amp. Videos for Aphex Twin’s “Come to Daddy” and “Windowlicker” are perhaps his best known. His video for Björk’s “All Is Full of Love” won multiple awards, including an MTV music video award for Breakthrough Video and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. It was also the first ever music video to win a Gold Pencil at the D&AD Awards. It can still be seen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His video for Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker” was nominated for the “Best Video” award at the Brit Awards 2000. He also directed Madonna’s “Frozen” video which became an international hit and won the award for Best Special Effects at the 1998 MTV Music Video Awards. Cunningham also came out of a seven-year hiatus from making music videos to direct the video for “Sheena Is a Parasite” by The Horrors.

Facts & Trivia

Christian Ranked on the list of most popular Filmmaker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Chris Cunningham celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.

The video collection The Work of Director Chris Cunningham was released in November 2004 as part of the Directors Label set. This DVD includes selected highlights from 1995–2000.

What does Chris Cunningham do now?

But where has Cunningham been lately? He’s been doing commercials and music videos here and there, while also being loosely affiliated with various big screen projects that never seem to pan out.

How old is Chris Cunningham?

51 years (October 15, 1970)

Who directed Come to Daddy video?

The music video for “Come to Daddy” (released in October 1997) was directed by Chris Cunningham and filmed on the same council estate where Stanley Kubrick shot many scenes in A Clockwork Orange. The scene is shot around Tavy Bridge Shopping centre, Thamesmead, which was demolished in 2007.

Who directed Aphex Twin?

Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970) is a British video artist and music video director, best known for his music videos for electronic musicians such as Autechre, Squarepusher, and most notably Aphex Twin on videos for “Windowlicker” and “Come to Daddy”, and Björk’s “All is Full of Love”.

Where is Come to Daddy filmed?

“Come to Daddy was filmed in a stunning, stilted house overlooking the sea and backdropped by forest and beach in the tiny town of Tofino, on the west coast of Vancouver Island. ‘It was perfect,’ Timpson says. ‘I can’t imagine the film working elsewhere now. ‘”