---
name: "Chris Hanley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-hanley"
fi1m_id: "chris-hanley"
imdb_id: "nm0360065"
tmdb_id: 17231
wikidata_id: "Q16202041"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 August 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T17:58:01.514980+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 Hanley

## Identity

Chris Hanley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-hanley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-hanley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0360065
- **TMDB ID:** 17231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16202041
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16202041, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17231

Producer. Born 16 August 1953 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 August 1953, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2000
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (1), 2000s 82 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $47m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hanley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16202041, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360065/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17231

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*American Psycho*](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Buffalo '66*](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Chris Hanley is an American film producer. He was raised in Montclair, New Jersey, and studied literature and philosophy at Amherst College, as well as at Columbia University and Oxford. In 1991, he and his wife Roberta founded Muse Productions to develop and produce feature films.

Hanley's early credits include executive producer on *Split Second* (1992). He produced *Freeway* (1996), *Trees Lounge* (1996) and *Buffalo '66* (1998). Subsequent productions include *The Virgin Suicides* (1999), *American Psycho* (2000), *Bully* (2001), *Spun* (2003), *The Killer Inside Me* (2010) and *Spring Breakers* (2013). He received Independent Spirit Award nominations for *Trees Lounge* and *Buffalo '66*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *American Psycho* (2000), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Fi1m 83, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md)
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Merry Mystery Christmas* (2023), Grip
- *Roving Woman* (2022), as Chris Hanley
- *The Righteous* (2021), Daily Grip
- *London Fields* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Spring Breakers* (2013), Producer, Still Photographer
- *Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States* (2012), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *360* (2012), Producer
- *Castro in Winter* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Boogie Woogie* (2010), Executive Producer
- *The Killer Inside Me* (2010), Producer
- *South of the Border* (2009), Executive Producer
- *Veronika Decides to Die* (2009), Producer
- *Hounddog* (2008), Co-Producer
- *Downloading Nancy* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Wristcutters: A Love Story* (2007), as People in Charge (P.I.C.)
- *Edmond* (2006), Producer
- *This Girl's Life* (2004), Producer
- *The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things* (2004), Producer
- *I Love Your Work* (2003), Producer
- *Spun* (2003), Producer
- *Love Liza* (2002), Producer
- *Tiptoes* (2002), Producer
- *American Psycho II: All American Girl* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Bully* (2001), Producer
- *Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby* (2000), Producer
- *The Virgin Suicides* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-virgin-suicides.md)
- *American Psycho* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/american-psycho.md)
- *Girl* (1998), Producer
- *Modern Vampires* (1998), Producer
- *I Woke Up Early the Day I Died* (1998), Producer
- *Two Girls and a Guy* (1998), Producer
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)
- *This World, Then the Fireworks* (1997), Producer
- *Girl* (1997), Producer
- *Freeway* (1996), Producer
- *Trees Lounge* (1996), Producer
- *Split Second* (1992), Executive Producer
- *Bouncer*, Executive Producer
- *New Millennium Boyz*, Producer
- *Spring Breakers 2*, Producer

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