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name: "Chris Grismer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-grismer"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T18:26:02.596851+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."
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# Chris Grismer

Director. Born 1 January 1901 in Regina.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1901, Regina
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Grismer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5106731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342603/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212583

## Biography

Chris Grismer is a Canadian director and producer of television, film and music videos. He directed episodes of *Orphan Black* (2013) and has worked on series including *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), *The Originals* (2013), *Legacies* (2018), *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), *Designated Survivor* (2016), *Chicago P.D.* (2014), *Shadowhunters* (2016) and *Reign* (2013).

His debut feature film, *Clutch*, premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and received a commercial release in 2000. Grismer has directed music videos for artists including Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Metric and Motion City Soundtrack. He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2009 for his work on *Being Erica*.

He resides in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Orphan Black* (2013), Fi1m 74, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Westies* (2026), series, Director
- *Countdown* (2025), series, Director
- *Sullivan's Crossing* (2023), series, Director
- *Quantum Leap* (2022), series, Director
- *Monarch* (2022), series, Director
- *Deputy* (2020), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *Prodigal Son* (2019), series, Director
- *Legacies* (2018), series, Director
- *Sea Change* (2017), Director
- *Designated Survivor* (2016), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *Containment* (2016), series, Director
- *Recovery Road* (2016), series, Director
- *Shadowhunters* (2016), series, Director
- *Killjoys* (2015), series, Director
- *Chicago P.D.* (2014), series, Director
- *Reign* (2013), series, Director
- *The Originals* (2013), series, Director
- *Orphan Black* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)
- *The Secret Circle* (2011), series, Director
- *The Nine Lives of Chloe King* (2011), series, Director
- *Switched at Birth* (2011), series, Director
- *Unnatural History* (2010), series, Director
- *Pretty Little Liars* (2010), series, Director
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director
- *Lock and Roll Forever* (2009), Director
- *Totally for Teens* (2009), Director
- *Being Erica* (2009), series, Director
- *The Best Years* (2007), series, Director
- *Angela's Eyes* (2006), series, Director
- *Kyle XY* (2006), series, Director
- *I'm Still Your Fag* (2006), Director
- *This Is Wonderland* (2004), series, Director
- *Playmakers* (2003), series, Director
- *Radio Free Roscoe* (2003), series, Director
- *Queer as Folk* (2000), series, Director
- *Clutch* (1998), Director

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