--- name: "Chris Teague" canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-teague" fi1m_id: "chris-teague" imdb_id: "nm1627409" tmdb_id: 1394652 roles: ["Director"] reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_as: "director" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-23T21:12:53.991844+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 Teague ## Identity Chris Teague - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-teague - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** chris-teague - **IMDb ID:** nm1627409 - **TMDB ID:** 1394652 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1627409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1394652 Director. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Active:** 2017–present - **Also known as:** Christopher Teague - **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 2 directing, 4 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Kim Rosenstock](https://film.one/person/kim-rosenstock.md), [Jamie Babbit](https://film.one/person/jamie-babbit.md), [Jesse Peretz](https://film.one/person/jesse-peretz.md), [Joshua Allen Griffith](https://film.one/person/joshua-allen-griffith.md), [Madeleine George](https://film.one/person/madeleine-george.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as director, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 71 (4) - **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1627409/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1394652 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Dying for Sex*](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) (81), [*Mrs. America*](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md) (79), [*Only Murders in the Building*](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md) (76) - **Netflix:** [*Russian Doll*](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md) (83), [*GLOW*](https://film.one/tv/glow.md) (78) - **Apple TV:** [*Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md) (47) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Chris Teague > Chris Teague’s directing is most persuasive when it leaves the actors room to work. We rate the restraint of *Dying for Sex*, though his substantial cinematography work still tells us more about him than his directing credits do. In *Dying for Sex* (2025), Michelle Williams and Jenny Slate hold our attention without the surroundings asking for a share of it. Teague and fellow director Shannon Murphy are strongest when they let Molly and Nikki’s friendship occupy the scene without making every exchange feel insistently significant. We like this directing: it gives the performances room and does not keep announcing the seriousness of the subject. The credit is shared, and we would be wary of treating it as proof of a settled personal style. His route to directing runs through cinematography, from independent features including *Obvious Child* (2014) to television work on *Russian Doll* (2019) and *Only Murders in the Building* (2021). He shot all eight episodes of *Russian Doll* and directed two episodes in the second series of *Only Murders in the Building*. As a cinematographer, he favours grain and optical irregularities, developing a programme’s look through close preparation with showrunners. His directing has developed alongside that work, with two episodes of *Dying for Sex*, on which he also worked as cinematographer and producer. On *Dying for Sex*, Daniel Vecchione’s cinematography keeps the emphasis on Williams and Slate, while Michael Bricker’s production design avoids competing with them. Neither contribution demands much admiration separately, but both help the scenes between the performers feel comfortable. We were moved by Molly and Nikki’s friendship because the two women are allowed to seem at ease together, rather than forever signalling how much they mean to each other. Teague and Murphy trust that watching them together will be enough, and the series is better when they do. The writing is sometimes too pleased with its frankness, and no amount of patient direction can make every line less self-conscious. That matters in a series whose strongest scenes depend on how readily we believe in the women talking. Watch *Dying for Sex* for Williams and Slate, with a little tolerance for dialogue that wants credit for being daring. ## Biography Chris Teague is a cinematographer and director. He studied film at Columbia University School of the Arts, graduating in 2006. Teague has worked as director of photography on series including *Russian Doll* (2019), *Only Murders in the Building* (2021–2022), *GLOW* (2019), *Mrs. America* (2020) and *The Acolyte* (2024). He directed episodes of *Only Murders in the Building* (2022) and *Dying for Sex* (2025), and is credited as producer on the latter. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour) for *Russian Doll*. *Sources: imdb.com, arts.columbia.edu, televisionacademy.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) ### Directed (2) — the average rests on these - *Dying for Sex* (2025), Fi1m 81, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) - *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), Fi1m 76, Director, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md) ### Crew (4) - *Brothers* (2026), Fi1m 47, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md) - *Mrs. America* (2020), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md) - *Russian Doll* (2019), Fi1m 83, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md) - *GLOW* (2017), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/glow.md) ## Complete filmography (22) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Dying for Sex* (2025), series, Producer, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/dying-for-sex.md) - *The Acolyte* (2024), series, Director of Photography - *Only Murders in the Building* (2021), series, Director, Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-murders-in-the-building.md) - *Mrs. America* (2020), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/mrs-america.md) - *Russian Doll* (2019), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/russian-doll.md) - *Love After Love* (2018), Director of Photography - *Sex Guaranteed* (2017), Camera Operator - *Landline* (2017), Director of Photography - *GLOW* (2017), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/glow.md) - *People, Places, Things* (2015), Director of Photography - *Appropriate Behavior* (2015), Director of Photography - *Bob and the Trees* (2015), Director of Photography - *Obvious Child* (2014), Director of Photography - *The Mend* (2014), Director of Photography - *The Volunteer* (2013), Director of Photography - *Porcelain Horse* (2012), Director of Photography - *La Casa del Ritmo: A Film About Los Amigos Invisibles* (2012), Director of Photography - *Rolling on the Floor Laughing* (2012), Director of Photography - *Monkeywrench* (2010), Director - *Man* (2008), Director of Photography - *Salt Kiss* (2007), Director of Photography - *Misty Mountain* (2006), Assistant Camera --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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