---
name: "Christopher J. Byrne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-j-byrne"
fi1m_id: "christopher-j-byrne"
imdb_id: "nm6501824"
tmdb_id: 2242099
wikidata_id: "Q63114170"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:39:48.108286+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."
---

# Christopher J. Byrne

## Identity

Christopher J. Byrne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-j-byrne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-j-byrne
- **IMDb ID:** nm6501824
- **TMDB ID:** 2242099
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63114170
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63114170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6501824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2242099

Director and producer. Born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Byrne, Christopher Byrne
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 crew
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63114170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6501824/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2242099

## Coming up

- *VisionQuest* (2026-10-14), Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/visionquest.md)
- *VisionQuest* (2026-10-14), Director

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md) (77), [*Foundation*](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Christopher J. Byrne is a Canadian television director, producer and composer. He has directed episodes of *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017–2024), *American Gods* (2019), *Jupiter's Legacy* (2021), *Clarice* (2021), *Foundation* (2025) and *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022). He also directed two episodes of the Marvel series *VisionQuest* (2026), on which he served as executive producer.

Byrne previously worked as a second unit director on *Hannibal* (2014–2015) and *12 Monkeys* (2015–2018). He holds a degree from York University in Toronto and began his career in the Canadian film and television industry in the 1990s.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, tvmaze.com, thewiderlens.ca.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (2) — the average rests on these

- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Foundation* (2021), Fi1m 61, Executive Producer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *VisionQuest* (2026), series, Director, Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/visionquest.md)
- *VisionQuest* (2026), Director
- *Dust Bunny* (2025), Second Unit Director
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Second Unit Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-strange-new-worlds.md)
- *Foundation* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/foundation.md)
- *Jupiter's Legacy* (2021), series, Director
- *Clarice* (2021), series, Director
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Director
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, Director

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