Christopher Hooton is a journalist, podcaster and filmmaker from London, England.

Life and career

Hooton started his career in journalism at

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, before moving to

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where he served as the publication's culture editor and later film & TV critic-at-large. Here, he interviewed

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and other notable figures in the film industry. In 2017, he founded the film interview podcast, ''Kernels'', which was named Best Media Podcast 2017 by The Drum. In April 2019, Hooton co-created ''Coffee & Flowers'', a documentary podcast made with and about Ohio rock band The National, its first season going to No.1 in the

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music charts in 11 countries including the US, UK and Canada. He made his directorial debut with feature film ''Meniscus'' in 2018, before writing and directing a short for

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and Vero entitled ''False Indigo'' a year later, which stars Morgane Polanski and Jack Brett Anderson, and was executive produced by

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