Crispin "Cris" Cole is a British writer and producer.

Career

Born in Wallingford, England, Cole grew up in London and attended Elliott School in

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. After leaving the Elliott School, he worked as a professional guitarist and bass player for the next 15 years, playing in bands including

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, The Directions and The Hollywood Killers. Cole turned to writing and wrote a pilot for

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, called ''Embassy'', starring

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. He has multiple other TV credits, including episodes of '' Night and Day'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', feature film credits, including '' Lovebite'' (

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, 2012) and '' Pelican Blood'' (

, 2010), as well as the TV movie ''The Good Times Are Killing Me'' (

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, 2009). He wrote and executive produced the film '' Ana'', released in January 2020, starring

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and

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. Cole may be best known as the creator of the award-winning and the

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nominated British TV series '' Mad Dogs'', starring

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and Phil Glenister. He was the sole writer of all 14 episodes for the four UK seasons for Sky TV, produced by

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. Cole was the executive producer and showrunner on the '' Mad Dogs'' U.S. television series made by

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. The show was streamed on Amazon in the US, Germany and the UK. Sony sold ''Mad Dogs'' to 140 other territories. The series starred

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and

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. Cole has been an advocate of Ethiopian choreographer Meseret Yirga for over 20 years. In 2019 he headed a fundraising campaign to build a community dance centre in Addis Ababa. Once the money was in place, the Meseret Yirga Dance Centre was built, is now open, and serves people from low income backgrounds and the disabled in the community. In 2022 Cole created, wrote and exec-produced ‘Rose & Layla’, a ten part TV comedy drama serial fo
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starring Egyptian TV and movie icon

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and

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as two Cairo based private detectives. Shot in Cairo and directed by

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the show was written in English and translated and made in Arabic.

Personal life

Cole is the son of the actor George Cole and actress

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. He is married to Christine St. John.

Filmography

* ''Embassy'' (1997) * ''Night & Day'' (2001) * ''Spine Chillers'' (2003) * ''The Bill'', 2 episodes (2004–2005) * ''

'', 1 episode (2005) * ''The Good Times Are Killing Me'' (2009) * ''Pelican Blood'' (2010) * '' Mad Dogs'' (UK) (2011–2013) * ''Love Bite'' (2012) * '' Mad Dogs'' (U.S.) (2015) * ''Ana'' (2020) * ''Rose & Layla'' (2022)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Cris Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British male screenwriters British rock guitarists British male guitarists People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire British male television writers