Chris Collier

Biography

Chris Collier was born in Brighton, East Sussex, England. He is a director best known for his trilogy of films exploring stories from the edge of cinema: Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys (2025), Title (Year) Director. Place (2023), and FrightFest: Beneath the Dark Heart of Cinema (2018). Drawing on the rich tradition of British documentary filmmaking, Chris focuses on intimate, character-driven narratives, witnessing lives, finding the extraordinary in the everyday, and sharing the insights these stories reveal.

In contrast to his documentary work, most of Chris's other work is experimental art house, where he has made several films, including several one-off installati...