---
name: "Christopher Storer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-storer"
fi1m_id: "christopher-storer"
imdb_id: "nm3846239"
tmdb_id: 1057655
wikidata_id: "Q26906864"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "5 July 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T11:46:40.285779+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 Storer

## Identity

Christopher Storer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-storer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-storer
- **IMDb ID:** nm3846239
- **TMDB ID:** 1057655
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26906864
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Storer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26906864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3846239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1057655

Director and producer. Born 5 July 1981 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 5 July 1981, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Chris Storer, クリストファー・ストアラー
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Ayo Edebiri](https://film.one/person/ayo-edebiri.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Storer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26906864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3846239/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1057655

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Eighth Grade*](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) (84)
- **Disney+:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) (82)
- **Apple TV:** [*Dickinson*](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md) (68)

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

## Fi1m on Christopher Storer

> In *The Bear*, Christopher Storer makes restaurant work feel urgent without forgetting who has to do it. We recommend his humane, funny television, though repeated confrontations can wear down our patience.

In *The Bear* (2022), Storer keeps our attention on the people enduring the kitchen’s abuse, not simply on whoever is causing it. This is persuasive, humane television, with an unusually convincing ensemble. We were angry at the mistreatment because the programme made the demands on those workers feel real. Storer and fellow writer and director Joanna Calo understand how easily pressure becomes an excuse for unpleasant behaviour. They allow us to laugh without pretending that the workplace has become any healthier.

His route here began with directing comedy specials, including co-directing Bo Burnham’s *what.* (2013) and *Make Happy* (2016). He also directed *Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King* (2017) and produced Burnham’s *Eighth Grade* (2018). Work as a director and executive producer on *Ramy* (2019) came before *The Bear*, which he created, wrote and directed. The comedy background matters to our view of the kitchen: he recognises that people under pressure can still be funny.

His methods help explain the programme’s restless pace: he favours rapid shooting and few takes to preserve nervous energy. He directs tense ensemble scenes with minimal rehearsal, which suits a workplace where nobody seems able to stop. Costume and production design matter to him because they can inform how an actor moves and understands a character. With Courtney Storer as culinary supervisor, the attention to food preparation gives the kitchen more to do than provide somewhere for arguments.

The difficulty is that Storer and Calo sometimes keep everyone distressed for too long. Repeated friction makes different problems feel alike, and the humour cannot always give a scene enough room to develop. We would gladly spend more time watching this cast without the next argument arriving quite so promptly. The ensemble has already given us enough reason to stay.

## Biography

Christopher Storer is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois.

He first gained prominence through collaborations with comedian Bo Burnham, co-directing the comedy specials *what.* (2013) and *Make Happy* (2016) and producing the feature film *Eighth Grade* (2018). He has also directed episodes of *Dickinson* (2019) and *Ramy* (2019), and comedy specials including *Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King* (2017).

Storer created, co-showruns, writes and directs the comedy-drama series *The Bear* (2022–), for which he has won four Primetime Emmy Awards. His sister, chef Courtney Storer, serves as culinary supervisor on the series.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

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

- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, Writer, Director, Creator, Teleplay, Story, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Dickinson* (2019), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

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

- *Gary* (2026), Director, Executive Producer, Music Supervisor, Creator
- *Ramy Youssef: In Love* (2026), Director, Executive Producer
- *Outcome* (2026), Thanks
- *Bubble & Squeak* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Y2K* (2024), Producer
- *Ramy Youssef: More Feelings* (2024), Executive Producer, Director
- *The Bear* (2023), Creator, Director, Writer
- *Mustache* (2023), Producer
- *Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind* (2022), Executive Producer
- *The Bear* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Music Supervisor, Story, Teleplay, Creator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *On the Count of Three* (2022), Executive Producer
- *drew michael: red blue green* (2021), Executive Producer
- *The Rental* (2020), Producer
- *Little Voice* (2020), series, Director
- *Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Dan Soder: Son of a Gary* (2019), Director
- *Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago* (2019), Director
- *Dickinson* (2019), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/dickinson.md)
- *Sermon on the Mount* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Ramy Youssef: Feelings* (2019), Executive Producer, Director
- *Home Videos* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Ramy* (2019), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer
- *Drew Michael* (2018), Executive Producer
- *The Comedy Lineup* (2018), series, Director
- *Chris Rock: Tamborine* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)
- *Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King* (2017), Director
- *Jerrod Carmichael: 8* (2017), Executive Producer
- *Bo Burnham: Make Happy* (2016), Director
- *Bo Burnham: What.* (2013), Director
- *Adventures in the Sin Bin* (2012), Producer, Writer
- *The Winter of Frankie Machine*, Director
- *Gay Kid and Fat Chick*, Producer
- *Worst Man*, Director
- *The Lincoln Highway*, Director, Writer, Producer
- *Creature*, Director
- *Martha & Muhammad*, Producer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2023: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won)
- 2023: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Review*

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

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