---
name: "Chris Black"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-black"
fi1m_id: "chris-black"
imdb_id: "nm0085220"
tmdb_id: 1211962
wikidata_id: "Q5105914"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:47.130002+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris Black

## Identity

Chris Black

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-black
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-black
- **IMDb ID:** nm0085220
- **TMDB ID:** 1211962
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5105914
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Black_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1211962

Writer. Born in Toledo, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Helen Leigh](https://film.one/person/helen-leigh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2020s 80 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Action & Adventure 2, Mystery 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Black_(screenwriter), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5105914, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0085220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1211962

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Severance*](https://film.one/tv/severance.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*INVINCIBLE*](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris Black is an American screenwriter and television producer. He has written and produced episodes of numerous series, beginning in the 1990s with credits on shows including *Weird Science*, *Sliders* and *Xena: Warrior Princess*.

Black wrote for *Star Trek: Enterprise* and *Desperate Housewives*, and co-wrote the 1997 film *Masterminds*. He served as executive producer and writer on *Severance* (2022), for which he won two Writers Guild of America Awards. With Matt Fraction, he co-created and showruns *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvinsider.com, severance-tv.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Severance* (2022), Fi1m 86, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Monarch: Legacy of Monsters* (2023), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Severance* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/severance.md)
- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Outcast* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Red Widow* (2013), series, Writer
- *CHAOS* (2011), series, Writer
- *Reaper* (2007), series, Writer
- *K-Ville* (2007), series, Writer
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, Writer
- *Vanished* (2006), series, Writer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Hawaii* (2004), series, Writer
- *Star Trek: Enterprise* (2001), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *The Huntress* (2000), series, Writer
- *Cleopatra 2525* (2000), series, Writer
- *The Magnificent Seven* (1998), series, Teleplay
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show* (1997), series, Writer
- *Masterminds* (1997), Screenstory
- *Poltergeist: The Legacy* (1996), series, Writer
- *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/xena-warrior-princess.md)
- *Sliders* (1995), series, Writer, Story
- *Weird Science* (1994), series, Writer
- *Untitled Young Lee Shaw Prequel Series*, series, Executive Producer

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