---
name: "Christopher Wilkinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-wilkinson"
fi1m_id: "christopher-wilkinson"
imdb_id: "nm0929349"
tmdb_id: 17785
wikidata_id: "Q675177"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 March 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T20:11:25.722466+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 Wilkinson

## Identity

Christopher Wilkinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-wilkinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-wilkinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0929349
- **TMDB ID:** 17785
- **Wikidata ID:** Q675177
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wilkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17785

Writer. Born 29 March 1950 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 March 1950, New York, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (1), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wilkinson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q675177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0929349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17785

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ali*](https://film.one/film/ali.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Christopher Wilkinson is an American screenwriter, producer and director. Born in New York City on 29 March 1950, he was educated at Temple University and began his career working in script development and as a second-unit director on films including *For the Boys* (1991) and *Intersection* (1994).

He has frequently collaborated with Stephen J. Rivele. Their screenplays include the Academy Award-nominated *Nixon* (1995), directed by Oliver Stone, and *Ali* (2001), directed by Michael Mann. Wilkinson also co-wrote and produced *Copying Beethoven* (2006) and wrote and produced *Birth of the Dragon* (2017). He contributed stories to *Pawn Sacrifice* (2015) and *Miles Ahead* (2016).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Brass Eye* (1997), Fi1m 86, as Dr. Fash Habbard — [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Ali* (2001), Fi1m 68, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Birth of the Dragon* (2017), Screenplay, Producer
- *Miles Ahead* (2016), Executive Producer, Story
- *Pawn Sacrifice* (2015), Executive Producer, Story
- *Virtuosity* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Copying Beethoven* (2006), Screenplay, Producer
- *Ali* (2001), Screenplay — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ali.md)
- *Brass Eye* (1997), series, as Dr. Fash Habbard — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/brass-eye.md)
- *Nixon* (1995), Screenplay
- *Intersection* (1994), Second Unit Director, Post Production Supervisor
- *For the Boys* (1991), as Niles LaGuardia, New York · Second Unit Director, Associate Producer
- *The River* (1984), Second Unit Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Nixon*

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

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