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| Christopher Kyle is a New York-based screenwriter and playwright whose works include K-19: The Widowmaker and The Monogamist. Full bio here.
Current Projects/News (site updated 7/27/10) The Crowded Room a/k/a The Minds of Billy Milligan is screenplay based on the true story of Billy Milligan, a man who was arrested in Columbus, Ohio in the 1970s and was subsequently discovered to have over 20 distinct personalities. The producers are Alexandra Milchan and Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Killoran of Appian Way. Edward Zwick is attached to direct. Serena is a screen adaptation of the recent novel by Ron Rash. Set in the mountains of North Carolina at the beginning of the Great Depression, it's a dark love story about George Pemberton and his wife Serena, a pair of ruthless timber barons trying to exploit their land before the government claims it for a national park. The project is in pre-production with 2929 Entertainment and producers Nick Wechsler, Marc Butan, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz. Darren Aronofsky is attached to direct. The Hollywood Reporter reports on it here.  Dirt Archaeology is a stage play commissioned by Playwrights Horizons and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a longstanding supporter of plays about science and technology. The play examines the life of an archaeologist who has spent his career trying to demolish the prevailing theory about the peopling of the Americas. Dark Highway is an original screenplay, a supernatural thriller about a man chased down the back roads of the midwest by a ghost from his past. Joni Sighvatsson and Palomar Pictures are producing. Bruce McDonald (Pontypool) is attached to direct. Past Projects The Safety Net, a play by Christopher Kyle. Premiered 2005 at the Michael Weller Theatre in New York. Produced by Broken Watch Theatre Company. A drama about a lawyer who becomes entangled with his late brother's girlfriend. Directed by Martha Banta. Starring Jason Pugatch, Tinashe Kajese, Eva Kaminsky, Maren Perry, Peggy Scott, Mark Setlock. Published by Samuel French, Ltd.  Alexander, written by Oliver Stone and Christopher Kyle and Laeta Kalogridis. Released 2004. The epic story of Alexander the Great. Directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Colin Farrell, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer, Angelina Jolie, Jared Leto.
 K-19: The Widowmaker, story by Louis Nowra, screenplay by Christopher Kyle. Released 2002. Based on the true story of a nuclear accident on a Russian submarine in 1961. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard.
The Weight of Water, screenplay by Alice Arlen and Christopher Kyle. Released 2000. Based on the novel by Anita Shreve about a 19th century murder and the present-day woman who becomes obsessed with it. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth Hurley, Josh Lucas, Sarah Polley, Catherine McCormack. Plunge, a play by Christopher Kyle. Premiered 1997 at Playwrights Horizons in New York. A comedy about a reunion of college friends that is upended by an uninvited guest. Directed by Ron Lagomarsino. Starring Jessica Hecht, Bruce Norris, Frederick Weller, Ashley Crow, Taylor Nichols. Published by Dramatists Play Service. The Monogamist, a play by Christopher Kyle. Premiered 1995 at Playwrights Horizons in New York. A comedy about a marriage that's shattered when both partners pursue affairs with the younger generation. Directed by Scott Elliott, who earned a Lucille Lortel Award and a Drama Desk Nomination for the production. Starring Arliss Howard, Lisa Emery, Timothy Olyphant (Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance), Chelsea Altman, Caroline Seymour. Published by American Theatre magazine and Dramatists Play Service. Boca, a play by Christopher Kyle. Professional premiere at Charlotte Repertory Theatre in Charlotte, NC. A black comedy about an adopted man's picaresque journey to meet his birth parents in Florida. Directed by Steve Umberger. Starring Angus MacLachlan, Brian Taylor, Christina Zorich, Mary Lucy Bivins, Randell Haynes, Rebecca Koon, Duke Ernsberger, Barbi Van Shaick. Winner of the Stanley Drama Award. Homicide: Life on the Streets. Teleplays by Christopher Kyle appeared in season five ("Diener") and season six ("Closet Cases"). | |
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