Chris Cantwell

Christopher Cantwell is an American writer, producer, and director who has worked in television, film, and comic books. He is best known as one of the two co-creators of the TV series Halt and Catch Fire, for which he also served as a producer, showrunner, screenwriter, and director. He also directed the 2019 film The Parts You Lose. Cantwell is a writer of comic books that includes The Blue Flame, She Could Fly, Everything, Doctor Doom, The Mask, Iron Man, Captain America, Gold Goblin, and Star Wars: Obi-Wan. He served as an executive producer of the television adaptation of the comic book Paper Girls.

Background Cantwell was born in Chicago, Illinois. In the 1980s, the family moved to Dallas, Texas. Cantwell attended the University of Southern California and enrolled in its screenwriting program as an undergraduate. He began writing with Christopher C. Rogers in August 2010, and they created Halt and Catch Fire together.

Cantwell wrote a comic book series for the character Doctor Doom. It was nominated for a 2020 Eisner Award for Best New Series.

He currently lives in Highland Park, California, with his wife, Elizabeth Cantwell, a writer, and their three children. On January 14, 2021, he came out as bisexual on his Twitter page.

Credits + Cantwell's screen credits Year(s) Title Medium Notes 2009 Krantz Film Writer and director 2011 Our Footloose Remake Co-director 2014–2017 Halt and Catch Fire Television Co-creator, co-producer, and co-showrunner; also writer and director 2019 Film Director 2022 Paper Girls Television Executive producer 2026 The Terror: Devil in Silver Television Showrunner