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name: "Chris Koch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-koch"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
updated: "2026-09-17T01:05:44.592060+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 Koch

Director. Born 1 January 1950 in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 2009–present
- **Also known as:** Christopher Koch
- **Works often with:** Adam Shankman, Audra Sielaff, Becky Mann, Dan O'Shannon, Elaine Ko, Gail Mancuso

## Biography

Chris Koch, also credited as Christopher Koch, is an American film and television director. He began directing in the early 1990s and made his feature debut with *Snow Day* (2000). His other film credit is *A Guy Thing* (2003).

Koch has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *The Adventures of Pete & Pete*, *Malcolm in the Middle*, *Scrubs*, *My Name Is Earl*, *Better Off Ted* (2009), *Modern Family* (2009–2018), *The Middle*, *Young Sheldon*, *This Is Us*, *American Housewife*, *Only Murders in the Building* (2023–2025) and others. He is co-owner of the production company KONK, which he founded with producer David Kerwin.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Better Off Ted* (2009), Fi1m 80, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-off-ted.md)
- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Director

## Also known for

- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), Director
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), Director
- *This Is Us* (2016), Director
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Director
- *The Last Man on Earth* (2015), Director
- *The Middle* (2009), Director
- *A Guy Thing* (2003), Director
- *Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23* (2012), Director

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