Christopher Ortiz

Screenwriter, Director and Script Consultant

New York City, New York

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About Christopher

A New York City native, I've been screenwriting and script consulting since college, where I also started my background in freelance film criticism for websites. I've also been a judge and script analyst for NYISA since 2018. Now as a filmmaker, I make action-dramas that tend to have familial contexts in the heart of my work, such as sins of the parent and sibling turmoil. Corruption, spy-thriller and police elements are also favorites.

I've been hired for script gigs such as adapting the novels "Private Dancer" and Tunnel Rats" by Stephen Leather, acclaimed British novelist whose 1992 book "The Chinaman" was adapted into "The Foreigner" starring Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan in 2017.

My biggest influences stem from the heartwarming, socially-educational Nickelodeon shows I grew up with in the 1990s, which developed my sense of integrity. The genius storytelling of game designer-writers Hideo Kojima (the Metal Gear Solid series) and John Garvin (the Syphon Filter series) are my favorites.

All sorts of influences challenge me to blend emotional and hard-hitting drama with action, imagination and a healthy payoff. I do not, however, push political agendas the likes of Marvel, Disney and other woke companies that sacrifice quality to pander to audiences who don't even watch the content they protest.

Common sense must rule among humans. Keyboards need to stay away from mutants. They won't, so, just create healthy content. Have virtue, but never virtue-signal.

Unique traits: Enthusiastic, Versatile, Stoic

Gender:
Male

Weight:
200

Body type:
Athletic

Eyes:
Green

Ethnicity:
Latin/Hispanic

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RedSin: Martyrs of Dissent (2019 - 2024)
Film by Chris Ortiz (Action, Drama and Thriller) Writer-Director-Editor A barber's former squad mates from the gulf War are being assassinated by a shadowy group calling itself "RedSin", so the CIA track him down. But while they want to kill their leader, Nathan McKane, his own brother wants to reconcile before it's too late.
ARSON (2017 - 2018)
Film (short) by Christopher Ortiz (Action, Film-Noir and Short) Writer-Producer-Director Kei is a self-righteous FBI agent who reunites two wanted brothers - Gus, who inherited his criminal uncle's inheritance, and Dante, a member of an anti-rich terrorist gang - in order to learn the whereabouts of Gus' newborn, kidnapped by Dante... but she is suddenly ambushed by a new enemy. Winner of awards for Best Directing, Ensemble Cast and Sound Mixing, and recognized for its sociopolitical message, ARSON is an action film that explores the role of fear in our lives, which leads us down a path towards a re-definition of our character, in turn leading us down the path to tragedy.
Welcome to Earth (2018)
Film (short) by Kimberly Te/Emily Blackburne Co-writer and Supporting Actor Entrant in the 2018 New York 48-Hour Film Contest. Film written, produced, and edited between 6/22/18 - 6/24/2018 A Lektan female fails to earn an Artist-Alien Visa for citizenship on Earth, but when a shady official from Earthland Security suddenly offers her a pass, she must make an unbearably-difficult choice to earn it.
TUG (2016)
Film (short) Screenwriter/Director/Editor A Chinese-American girl wants to earn the blessing of her white boyfriend's racist parents to marry him, but when he feels pressured to please them, a relationship might not be possible at all.
Shadow Protocol (2012 - 2013)
Video Game by Goodnight Games Co-writer World leaders are being assassinated across the globe. Nations will fall into ruin unless the highly covert M.O.T.H. agency makes its last stand. Enter the prototype M71 Shadow Exoskeleton to combat the forces of Frederick Aurnad, mastermind behind IGNIS. Gather intel, take down guards, dodge past advanced security systems and stop Aurnad before the world burns.