---
name: "Chris Gerolmo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-gerolmo"
fi1m_id: "chris-gerolmo"
imdb_id: "nm0314665"
tmdb_id: 18246
wikidata_id: "Q737289"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:47:26.277624+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 Gerolmo

## Identity

Chris Gerolmo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-gerolmo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-gerolmo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0314665
- **TMDB ID:** 18246
- **Wikidata ID:** Q737289
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gerolmo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18246

Writer. Born 1 January 1953 in U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, U.S.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gerolmo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737289, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0314665/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18246

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Chris Gerolmo is an American screenwriter, film director and singer-songwriter. He graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Writing & Film-making in the early 1970s. His father, Frank Gero, was a theatre actor, stage manager and producer.

Gerolmo wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film *Mississippi Burning*, which received seven Academy Award nominations. He also wrote *Miles from Home* (1988) and the television film *Citizen X* (1995), which he directed and for which he received an Emmy nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award and an Edgar Award. He co-created the FX series *Over There* (2005) with Steven Bochco and has contributed to series including *The Bridge* (2013). He received a Golden Globe nomination for his screenwriting.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Above Suspicion* (2019), Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Trap for Cinderella* (2013), Writer
- *The Bridge* (2013), series, Writer
- *Certain Prey* (2011), Screenplay, Director, Teleplay
- *Over There* (2005), series, as Spotter · Executive Producer, Creator
- *Citizen X* (1995), as Militiaman · Director, Writer, Teleplay
- *The Witness* (1992), Director, Writer
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Miles from Home* (1988), Writer

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Edgar Awards 1996: Edgar Awards (won)
- Sitges Film Festival Best Director award 1995: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award (won), for *Citizen X*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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