Christopher Scott Cherot is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his debut romantic comedy film, '' Hav Plenty'' (1997), a true story that he wrote, edited, produced, acted in and directed. For his debut film, Cherot won

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Awards for Best Screenplay and Best of Festival, and received nomination at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Cherot also directed '' G'', loosely based on ''

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'', as well as ''The Male Groupie'' (2004), ''Andre Royo's Big Scene'' (2004), and the

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'' College Hill'' (2004), an urban version of

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's ''

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'', and edited the first season of

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's '' Noah's Arc'' (2006). His other credits include ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2017–2022).

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