Christopher Cain (born October 29, 1943
) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer.
Cain was born in
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...
.
In 1969, he married Sharon Thomas, and adopted her two sons, Roger and
Dean
Dean may refer to:
People
* Dean (given name)
* Dean (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin
* Dean (South Korean singer), a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk
* Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean
Titles
* ...
. The couple's daughter Krisinda was born in 1973.
Filmography
* ''Grand Jury'' (1976), director, producer, writer
* ''Elmer'' (1976), director, writer
* ''
Sixth and Main'' (1977), director, producer, writer
* ''Charlie and the Talking Buzzard'' (1979), director, writer
* ''
The Stone Boy'' (1984), director
* ''
That Was Then... This Is Now'' (1985), director
* ''
Where the River Runs Black'' (1986), director
* ''
The Principal
''The Principal'' is a 1987 crime thriller action film starring Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr. and Rae Dawn Chong. Written by Frank Deese and directed by Christopher Cain, it was filmed in Oakland, California, and at Northgate High School in ...
'' (1987), director
* ''
Young Guns'' (1988), director, producer, writer
* ''
Wheels of Terror'' (1990) (TV), director
* ''Lakota Moon'' (1992) (TV), director
* ''
Pure Country'' (1992), director
* ''
The Next Karate Kid
''The Next Karate Kid'' is a 1994 American martial arts drama film, and the fourth installment in ''The Karate Kid'' franchise, following ''The Karate Kid Part III'' (1989). It stars Hilary Swank as Julie Pierce (in her first theatrical appeara ...
'' (1994), director
* ''
The Amazing Panda Adventure'' (1995), director
* ''
Gone Fishin''' (1997), director
* ''
Rose Hill'' (1997) (TV), director
* ''
A Father's Choice
''A Father's Choice'' is a 2000 American made-for-television drama film starring Peter Strauss, Mary McDonnell, Michelle Trachtenberg, Yvonne Zima and Susan Hogan. It was directed by Christopher Cain and written by Richard Leder.
Plot
Two sister ...
'' (2000) (TV), director
* ''PC and the Web'' (2001), director
* ''
September Dawn'' (2007), director, producer
* ''
Pure Country 2: The Gift'' (2010), director, producer, writer
* ''Deep in the Heart'' (2012), director
References
External links
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1943 births
Living people
Writers from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
American film producers
American male screenwriters
Film directors from South Dakota
Screenwriters from South Dakota