Chris Downey is an American writer and producer. Downey got his start as a television writer with an episode of '' Cosby'' in 1998. He went on to write for several other shows, including ''

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'', and ''What about Joan'', and later to produce other shows, including ''

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'' and '' Leverage''.

Early life

Chris Downey was born in New York City and lived with his parents. Before working in television, Downey went to law school and wrote for his school's newspaper. Downey enjoys collecting Marvel comics and souvenirs from the 1939 New York World Fair.

Career

Downey was a co-creator, writer and an executive producer of the TV show, '' Leverage'', which ran for five seasons from 2008–2012 on TNT. Downey stated that he feels the biggest challenge with the show is constantly having to come up with new challenges and cons for the crew, as he felt they had done so many already.

Podcast

For five months, between November 2012 and March 2013, Downey produced and hosted a weekly podcast, ''The Downey Files'', at his personal website and on iTunes. Each episode featured Downey and a guest tackling a half-baked movie idea and developing it in full within a half-hour. Guests have included

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, John Rogers, Christine Boylan, Eric Heissner, Michael Colton, and

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.http://chrisdowneyindustries.blogspot.com/

Filmography

Writer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Downey, Chris Living people Film producers from New York City American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers American male television writers Year of birth missing (living people)