---
name: "Chris Terrio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-terrio"
fi1m_id: "chris-terrio"
imdb_id: "nm0006516"
tmdb_id: 131680
wikidata_id: "Q3208159"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "31 December 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 53
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T14:14:25.941699+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 Terrio

## Identity

Chris Terrio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-terrio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-terrio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006516
- **TMDB ID:** 131680
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3208159
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Terrio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3208159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131680

Writer and director. Born 31 December 1976 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 31 December 1976, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2007–2019
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 directing, 4 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Affleck](https://film.one/person/ben-affleck.md), [Amy Adams](https://film.one/person/amy-adams.md), [Charles Roven](https://film.one/person/charles-roven.md), [Deborah Snyder](https://film.one/person/deborah-snyder.md), [Gal Gadot](https://film.one/person/gal-gadot.md), [Henry Cavill](https://film.one/person/henry-cavill.md), [Zack Snyder](https://film.one/person/zack-snyder.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 53, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 53 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 53 to 56 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,842m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Terrio, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3208159, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/131680

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Damages*](https://film.one/tv/damages.md) (78), [*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md) (50)
- **HBO Max:** [*Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice*](https://film.one/film/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.md) (44), [*Justice League*](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md) (40)
- **Apple TV:** [*Argo*](https://film.one/film/argo.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Chris Terrio is an American screenwriter and film director. Born on 31 December 1976 in New York City, he graduated from Harvard University and studied at the University of Cambridge and the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

He directed the feature *Heights* (2005) and an episode of the television series *Damages* (2007). Terrio is best known for writing the screenplay for *Argo* (2012), directed by Ben Affleck, which earned him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and nominations for the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.

His other screenwriting credits include *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), *Justice League* (2017) and its 2021 director's cut, and *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), which he co-wrote with J. J. Abrams.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Directed (1)

- *Damages* (2007), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), Fi1m 50, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Justice League* (2017), Fi1m 40, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md)
- *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), Fi1m 44, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.md)
- *Argo* (2012), Fi1m 79, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/argo.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), Story, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker* (2019), as Colonel Aftab Ackbar (voice) · Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker.md)
- *Justice League* (2017), Screenplay, Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/justice-league.md)
- *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016), Screenplay — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice.md)
- *Argo* (2012), Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/argo.md)
- *Damages* (2007), series, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Heights* (2005), Director, Additional Writing
- *Book of Kings* (2002), Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
- *Richard II*, Screenplay
- *Sunset Boulevard*, Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Chris Terrio](https://film.one/media/person/120133/gallery-822d228cea6c.jpg) Chris Terrio — Image via TMDB
- ![Chris Terrio](https://film.one/media/person/120133/gallery-5c660ec0250b.jpg) Chris Terrio — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2013: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Argo*

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

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