Chris Bender (film producer)
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Born | 1971 (age 52–53) Film Producer |
Chris Bender (born 1971) is an American
In 2016, Bender and Spink split[5] up to pursue forming their own companies. J.C. Spink died in 2017[6] and was celebrated at a memorial service attended by industry friends and family.[7]
Chris Bender founded Good Fear Content.
Other projects produced by Bender include the hit comedy We're the Millers,[9] starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis; Horrible Bosses 2, starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day; and Vacation, starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, and Chris Hemsworth, all for New Line.
Bender has produced or developed projects that have grown into six franchises in various genres: Final Destination, American Pie, The Ring, Cats & Dogs, The Butterfly Effect, and The Hangover series. Eight of his movies have opened to number one, and Bender was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for A History of Violence.[10]
Filmography
Producer
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | American Pie | co-producer | |
2000 | Final Destination | associate producer | |
2001 | Cats & Dogs | executive producer | |
American Pie 2 | co-producer | ||
2002 | Cheats | producer | |
2003 | American Wedding | producer | |
Blind Horizon | co-executive producer | ||
2004 | The Butterfly Effect | producer | |
2005 | The Ring Two | co-executive producer | |
Monster-in-Law | producer | ||
A History of Violence | producer | ||
Red Eye | producer | ||
Just Friends
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producer | ||
2006–09 | Kyle XY | executive producer | Television series |
2006 | The Butterfly Effect 2 | producer | Direct to video |
2008 | The Ruins | producer | |
2009 | The Hangover | executive producer | |
2010 | Leap Year | producer | |
2011 | I Am Number Four | executive producer | |
Arthur | producer | ||
The Hangover Part II | executive producer | ||
2013 | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | producer | |
The Hangover Part III | executive producer | ||
We're the Millers | producer | ||
2014 | Zombeavers | producer | |
2015 | Vacation | producer | |
2016 | Criminal | producer | |
Tracktown | executive producer | ||
2017 | Rings | executive producer | |
2018 | Under the Silver Lake | producer | |
2019 | Polaroid | producer | |
2020 | My Spy | producer | |
Mulan | producer | ||
TBA | The Calling | producer | |
The Parenting | producer |
References
- ^ Graham, Mark (June 9, 2009). "How Many Films Have Been Made About Your Life? Chris Bender Has Three". Vulture.
- ^ KIT, BORYS (May 31, 2011). "New Line Reups First-Look Deal with Benderspink (Exclusive): The management-production company is seeking to be a more prominent supplier of projects for the studio". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ NG, PHILIANA (Oct 8, 2014). "'Hangover' Producer Benderspink Inks Deal With Universal Cable Productions: The first project under the pact is 'Five Ghosts' for Syfy". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Adalian, Josef (2007-07-06). "Benderspink heats tube". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
- ^ Kit, Borys (May 17, 2016). "Producer-Managers Chris Bender and J.C. Spink Split After 18 Years (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
The duo were involved in the making of comedies such as 'The Hangover' and 'We're the Millers,' as well as 'A History of Violence' and more recently, 'Criminal.'
- ^ KIT, BORYS (Apr 19, 2017). "J.C. Spink, Producer and Master of the Script Sale, Dies at 45 (Updated)". The Hollywood Reporter.
He founded Benderspink with college buddy Chris Bender, and they were behind such films as 'The Hangover,' 'We're the Millers' and 'A History of Violence.'
- ^ GALUPPO, MIA (May 4, 2017). "Donna Langley, Toby Emmerich and More Honor J.C. Spink at Hollywood Memorial: Neal Moritz, Tucker Tooley and former partner Chris Bender were also in attendance at the Thursday morning memorial". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ McNary, Dave (May 23, 2016). "Chris Bender Launches Good Fear Film + Management". Variety.
- ^ We're the Millers
- ^ "Chris Bender". Produced By Conference. June 11–12, 2022. Retrieved Dec 8, 2023.
External links
- Chris Bender at IMDb