Born in Working Class ‘Troubles’ Northern Ireland, Christopher Hanvey is a Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Photographer and CEO of Development Studio + Production House ANARCHY!
An Academy Award ® contender for LIBERTÉ, a film that was acquired by A+E Networks & History ®, he has been featured in media outlets internationally including Variety, BBC, The Washington Times, London’s Evening Standard, Graydon Carter’s Air Mail & TimeOut London.
Formerly an Actor, Writer & Producer for the independent Stage and Screen, his work has been acclaimed and derided in equal measure for it's no-nonsense punk aesthetic, such as his 'Troubles' thriller debut play JUSTICE, which garnered TimeOut Critics' Choice & Show of the Week, his acclaimed Native American Reservation-set Solo THE NATIVE (Directed by RSC Alumni Heather Davies), the BAFTA Nominated Drama COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN opposite Nicolas Hoult (Tiger Aspect for BBC), multi award-winning Horror Short NIGHT LAND (As Co-Lead in a film by Christian Burnett seen by an Audience of over 580,000 Worldwide) and Gary Mitchell's SUICIDE BRUNETTE, reviving the renowned Belfast Writer's career after many years in the wilderness.
Since those auspicious beginnings Christopher has forged a notable career as a Commercial Filmmaker and Photographer working in Fashion, Luxury & Music, where his Clients included indie Rock Band FALSE HEADS, REPUBLIC RECORDS, ROUNDHOUSE LONDON and SOTHEBY’S.
Previously Resident Filmmaker at the Academy Award ® winning SLICK FILMS, for whom he directed over 350 Showreel Scenes, he has also curated and taught his Screen Acting Program in establishments throughout the UK, most notably at PINEWOOD STUDIOS & ANARCHY! ACTORS STUDIO.
Through his Company ANARCHY! Christopher has over 30 Projects in active Development, including the Boxing Documentary TALE OF THE TAPE, ‘Prom Queen’ Psycho Horror TROY MUST BURN! and an exclusive Music Video collaboration with Brooklyn’s LOVEHONEY.
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After a special Valentines Celebration in hardline South Belfast just months before the ceasefire, the butchered body of a mentally disabled young woman is found in a trash can outside a notorious loyalist band hall.
Cuba - 1958. Change is in the air. Street Kid Xio - the banished daughter of Batista - leaves her faithful companion Cortez to join the Revolutionaries. But hope soon turns to despair as the Superpowers of the world turn against them in devastating fashion.
An Iranian Immigrant escapes her homeland to follow her dream of becoming a Champion Boxer. Travelling from Canada to Detroit under the cover of darkness she is taken under the wing of the dying veteran Trainer Billy ‘Bones’ Foley. But the road to greatness is fraught with danger at every turn.
An eclectic Self-Help Group in a quiant english village start a 'Cheer Squad' lead by re-settled legendary American Coach Gervonta Valdez in the hope that this will ease the pain of losing their children in a suicide pact.
Texas - 1868. Confederate Soldier Corporal Ramirez returns with the majestic ‘spoils of war’ for high society settler Isabella Decraux. Thus begins a love story that cannot be accepted under any circumstances.
Meet BonBon, Bichon, Waj and Jazz - Badass Mofo’s and International Mercenaries, called back for one last job as the world goes into meltdown.
In 1989 Marvin Lee Aday aka MEAT LOAF toured rural Ireland searching for redemption and ultimate resurrection.
Let’s talk about a dedicated smack-head low-rent-enforcer with a penchant for sado-skank-hookers and liquid cocaine. Let’s talk about a small-time-bitch for big-time-criminal. A killer. For material gain. Let’s talk about Lucius MacKenzie. The Silent. The Violent. The Knight of Venice Beach.
With the war against Republican Terrorism over, Northern Ireland's Loyalists have turned against each other. Chris Carson is Loyal to his Family, Loyal to his Country and Loyal to his Cause. Sometimes it's hard to see the truth.
South London – 1980’s. Skinhead Thug, White Power Punk and the face of ‘Oi!’ Nicky Crane lives a double life of racist ultra violence against a secret Soho existence of Gay Clubs and rampant sex.
Belfast - 1979. The streets are awash with violence and bloodshed and the dispossessed of the City just need somewhere to call home.
This is a story of systematic sexual abuse perpetrated by some of the most powerful figures in Britain.
A Tattoo Culture Anthology exploring the history of the art form including the first commercial Tattoo Artist in Victorian England, the Yakuza in Japan, Māori Spiritual traditions in New Zealand and Biker Gangs in 1970's New York City.
After witnessing the brutal murder of a seven year old girl, born-again-Christian Stephen Marshall returns to his former life of violence, sacrificing everything to become one of the most feared Loyalist Leaders of all time.
In a small-time Seaside town the multiple murders of twelve high school Cheerleaders leads big city Detective Anouska Virani into a world of toxic masculinity wrapped in 1950's kitsch and nothing is what it seems.
Somewhere in the bowels of Guantanamo, Special Operatives Rancid and Maxy prepare for a particularly brutal session with the one they call ‘The Widow’.
After a series of pathetic, pointless and downright frightening blind dates our rural hero Eva Rose soon realises where her heart really lies as she meets self-styled ‘Urban Rat’ Jen at a hipster tattoo studio in the City.
Everything seems perfect. For a while. But life has a habit of pulling the rug from under your feet.
An little girl is due on stage. But she can’t to go on until her estranged father arrives direct from prison.
British/Asian Showbiz Journalist Safira Stone proposes an assignment to profile multiple-murderer, Death Row resident and White Power Leader Matthew Hellier in a vain attempt for credibility. Be careful what you wish for.
Meet Ruby Rae Lacey: Political News Reporter by Day - Government Spy by night. With the U.S. Election on the horizon she is assigned to Eastern Europe to interview former Action Star Jimmy O’Kaye. But a chance meeting with the First Lady starts a chain of events that could lead to her ultimate demise.
Private Detective Blue is on a mission to protect the innocence of children through violent means. But a chance meeting with the daughter of a former suspect triggers events from his past that turn his life upside down.
A hulking bare-knuckle boxer and psych ward runaway travels to Paris for one last bout. Meeting newly initiated Showgirl Laila he realises he is capable of being much more than a cold-hearted bastard.
Inspired by a true story, this is a fictionalised account of a Moroccan Ship boy and descendent of slavery who became a Star attraction in the world of Boxing.
A has-been Hardcore Punk Band are invited to play a mysterious Festival on an island off the West Coast of Scotland. Soon realising that this was most probably the worst decision of their lives they must try to survive the night as they have nowhere else to go until the tide goes out.
With her Country in turmoil - just months shy of the ‘Revolution’, the blind, disabled Orphan Girl is taken to the mountains to save her from government extermination. Soon found by an abandoned, voiceless former Circus Lion, they vow to protect each other until their World changes for good.
Welcome to a World where the aesthetically ‘Perfect’ are collected and sent to Work Camps serving as a front for illicit scientific experiments.
Los Angeles. Summer. 1984. Legendary Belarusian Gymnast Svetliana Kozlova is aiming to secure her legacy by winning her third Olympic Gold before retiring to a life of Hollywood Stardom in the City of Angels. But personal issues re-emerge that threaten to derail her dreams and the hopes of those around her.
South Dakota. 1954. A Sioux Girl has fallen pregnant. Marshall Crane, an Arkansas farm boy, has been summoned to the Reservation under suspicious circumstances.
Broken, beaten, and tortured by his past, he has some tough decisions to face. When does loyalty to our family end and when do we sacrifice ourselves to save a stranger?
Baptist Preacher and Community Leader Mike Lewis spends his hours working with the ‘immigrant’ poor and dispossessed, but when his volatile younger brother arrives home with an English Right Wing Politician, his former life of violence soon catches up with him as the past traumas of small town loyalist Northern Ireland raise up once more.
Inspired by the true story of Alexander Robinson, a young Belfast Boxer and runaway Criminal, who spent a year in Chicago running a ‘Bootleg’ operation for Al Capone.
Inspired by the true events surrounding ‘The Siege of Derry’, this is the tale of Martha, the daughter of a Presbyterian Minister, who is preparing to lead a rebellion against the advancing Jacobite forces who have destroyed her City and starved her people. But betrayal is never far away.
The legendary Lenny Bruce is invited to England to perform his controversial show for an audience of privileged intellectuals. Immediately banned from the country by the powers that be, his promoters hatch a plan to smuggle him through the ‘back door’ from Dublin to Belfast with the help of some underground figures in Loyalist and Republican circles.
One Year into 'lockdown' and the Nation is in turmoil. The streets are manic with hunger and disease and the poor are being contracted to massacre their own kind.
An ageing Rock Merch Dude is offered the chance to tour Germany with ‘Hair-Metal’ legends Motley Crew. Cursed with addiction and sexual disease he is the quintessential pain in the ass for his long suffering Tour Manager Ria.
In a world of Selfies, Sex Tapes and Puppy Dog Filters an ageing Prom Queen searches for the 'fountain of youth' by any means necessary.
Charlie Waye is in mourning. His Wife is dead and his Child is Missing and a new kind of evil is destroying the World. He knows he must answer the call, and fast, but how can you be a Superhero when you are sick with dementia?