Christopher Aaron Wyatt, sometimes credited as Chris "Doc" Wyatt is an American film and TV producer, writer, and second unit director.

Early life and education

Wyatt was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975 and graduated in 1993 from

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in Marietta, Georgia. He went on to become a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the

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Career

Wyatt served as producer for the 2004 film ''

Napoleon Dynamite ''Napoleon Dynamite'' is a 2004 American Independent film, independent Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy film produced by Jeremy Coon, Chris Wyatt (producer), Chris Wyatt and Sean C. Covel (producer), Sean Covel, written by Jared and J ...

'', the 2006 film ''

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'', the 2007 film ''

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'', the 2007 film ''

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'', and the 2009 film ''

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'' featuring Oscar-winner

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. Wyatt next produced ''Cafe'' (2010) starring

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and ''Murder in the Dark'' (2013), which he also co-wrote. Wyatt, together with writing partner Kevin Burke, has written episodes of many animated TV shows, starting with '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' and '' Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''. He has also co-written episodes for '' Avengers Assemble'' and ''

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''. Again alongside Kevin Burke, Wyatt was also a regular writer for ''

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (''TMNT'') is an American media franchise created by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. It follows Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Leonardo, Donatello (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), D ...

'', wrote four episodes for '' My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' titled "The Times They Are a Changeling", "Viva Las Pegasus", “P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)”, and "Friendship University", and teamed up with Burke on ''

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'' for

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as developers (alongside

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), executive producers, writers and story editors. The duo also held the same roles on the Spin Master Entertainment adaptation of ''

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''. Wyatt and Burke were executive producers and head writers on '' Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy'' and '' Transformers: BotBots''.

Awards and nominations

In 2005, Wyatt took home an

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when ''Napoleon Dynamite'' won Best Movie. Also in 2005, was nominated for an

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and shared the nomination for Best First Feature with

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(director), Jeremy Coon (producer), and Sean Covel (producer). ''Napoleon Dynamite'' lost to ''Garden State'' (2004). Additionally that year, Wyatt was nominated with Sean Covel for the Producers Award at the Independent Spirit Awards. In 2017, Wyatt and his writing partner Kevin Burke were

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nominated for " Outstanding Short Form Animated Program" for the episode "Space Walk" of ''

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''.

Screenwriting credits

* Series head writer denoted in bold.

Television

* '' Iron Man: Armored Adventures'' (2009-2012) * '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' (2010-2012) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' Avengers Assemble'' (2013-2015) * ''

'' (2013-2017) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Transformers: Rescue Bots'' (2014-2016) * ''

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'' (2015-2016) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''

'' (2016-2017) * '' My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic'' (2016-2018) * ''Mystic Cosmic Patrol'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

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'' (2017) * ''

'' (2017-2018) * ''

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'' (2017–2020) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Transformers: Cyberverse'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018-2019) * ''

'' (2018-2019) * '' Legend Quest: Masters of Myth'' (2019) * '' Sunny Day'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019–2022) * '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (2020) * '' Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt'' (2020) * '' Snap Ships: Dawn of Battle'' (2020) * '' Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy'' (2020-2021) * '' Octonauts: Above & Beyond'' (2022) * '' Transformers: BotBots'' (2022) * '' Ninjago: Dragons Rising'' (2023-present) * ''

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'' (2024)

Film

* ''Concrete Blondes'' (2013) * ''Murder in the Dark'' (2013) * '' Batman Unlimited: Mechs vs. Mutants'' (2016)

Web shorts

* ''

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'' (2016) * ''CryptoForce Alpha'' (2017) * '' Ninjago: Reimagined'' (2021) * '' The Virtues of Spinjitzu'' (2022)

Producer

Television

* ''

'' (2012) * ''Avengers Assemble'' (2014-2015) * ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' (2016-2017) * ''Mystic Cosmic Patrol'' (2017) * ''Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters'' (2017-2018) * ''Spider-Man'' (2017-2020) * ''Super Dinosaur'' (2018-2019) * ''Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy'' (2019-2021) * ''Ninjago'' (2020–2022) * ''Transformers: BotBots'' (2022) * '' Ninjago: Dragons Rising'' (2023-present)

Film

* ''

'' (2004) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2010) * '' The Citizen'' (2013) * ''Murder in the Dark'' (2013) * '' Eleven Eleven'' (2018)

References

External links

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