Chris Croucher (born 1 August 1981) is an English

screenwriter A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

and producer.

Biography

Croucher earned a BA in Film Production, graduating in 2003. After graduating, he worked as an assistant director on films and TV shows including ''

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''. In 2008, he directed the short film ''The Beachcombers'', which was funded by Film London via The Lewisham Film Initiative and co-written with Mark Beynon. The romantic short starred

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. The film went on to win the Film London & ITV "Best of Borough Award 2008" presented at BAFTA. His second short film, ''In Passing'', was a 1940s drama starring

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. In 2011, he wrote and produced the short film ''

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'', a comedy-drama starring

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, Penny Ryder, Philip Jackson, John Macmillan and

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. The film premiered at the

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in October 2011. It was later included in the anthology film '' Stars in Shorts''. In 2014, Croucher was series producer for seasons 5 and 6 of ''Downton Abbey''. He received two Emmy nominations and won the NTA award for Best Drama twice. He produced ''The Halcyon'' in 2016, an eight-part TV period drama for Sony & Left Bank Pictures. For Netflix he produced the series ''The Innocents'' in 2017, followed by '' White Lines'' in 2019, the latter written by ''

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'' creator Alex Pina.

Sexual assault

Chris Croucher pleaded guilty to an offence of sexual assault that occurred in December 2019. Later, in June 2021, ''The Guardian'' published an in-depth report of the timeline of events relating to the assault, which took place at an office Christmas party, and his production company's subequent investigation.Kale, S., (21 June 2021
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''. (Retrieved 26 August 2021) Two freelance colleagues waived their right to anonymity as victims of sexual assault.

Filmography

Writer

Assistant director

References

External links

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Official website
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