Biography
Here is a medium length biography of Chris Huntley:
Chris Huntley is an Academy Award-winning software developer and Vice President of Write Brothers Inc. Chris is also the co-creator of Dramatica, an acclaimed theory of story and the basis of the popular Writer's DreamKit and Dramatica Pro software. Chris regularly teaches workshops and classes on story structure and development.
While an undergraduate in Cinema Production at the University of Southern California, Chris created several short films, including the award-winning animated short, “Daddy’s Gone a’ Hunting,” which was chosen as the short film screened before the world premiere of the George Romero film, “Dawn of the Dead.” After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cinema Production, Chris worked for several years in the film industry.
In 1982, Chris went into business with fellow USCinema alum, Stephen Greenfield, and formed Screenplay Systems Inc., now doing business as Write Brothers Inc. Together they created Scriptor, the world’s first professional screenplay formatting software, for which they won a 1994 Technical Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They went on to produce other award winning, industry standard software, such as Movie Magic Budgeting and Movie Magic Scheduling, Dramatica Pro, Writer’s DreamKit, Movie Magic Screenwriter, StoryView, Word Menu and more.
As co-creator of the Dramatica story theory, the co-author of “Dramatica: A New Theory of Story” (1994), and co-developer of the Dramatica Pro and Writer’s DreamKit software, Chris has spent thirty years working with narrative theory and its practical application.
Today, Chris splits his time working as Vice President of Write Brothers Inc. between design work for new products and overseeing day-to-day business affairs. Chris also spends a fair amount of time giving workshops in story development in the U.S. and abroad.