Christopher D. Ford is an American film screenwriter, producer, and actor best known for his collaborations with director

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, including ''

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'' (2014), '' Cop Car'' (2015), and '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017).

Career

In 2008, Ford had a starring role in the horror film '' I Can See You'', alongside other employees of Waverly Films. In 2012, he began his writing career by drafting the screenplay for the science fiction film '' Robot & Frank''. By August 2012, Ford was writing the screenplay for the slasher film ''

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'' with

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, and Jeff Rendell. In 2014, he wrote the script for the horror film ''

'', directed by Watts. In 2015, he continued his collaboration with Watts with the action film '' Cop Car''. In 2017, he gained notability from drafting the screenplay for the

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film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'', his third collaboration with Watts. In 2018, he wrote the script for the horror film '' The Clovehitch Killer''. In 2021, he rewrote the script for the fantasy film '' Chaos Walking''. In 2024, Watts and Ford created and executive produced the

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series '' Star Wars: Skeleton Crew'', a

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tale set after the events of ''

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''.

Filmography

Actor

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Christopher D. 21st-century American male writers 21st-century American screenwriters American male screenwriters Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)