Chris LaMont - Bio Chris LaMont is an award-winning WGA screenwriter, who’s work with writing partner Joseph Russo includes the 2020 action-thriller Hard Kill starring Bruce Willis, the 2020 Lifetime suspense-thriller The Au Pair Nightmare, the 2023 noir-drama The Locksmith starring Ryan Phillipe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames, the 2024 horror film Soul Mates and the 2024 supernatural horror film The Inheritance currently for rental and purchase through iTunes and Amazon Prime. He has also produced several independent film projects, including Writer’s Block, 14 Days in America, Netherbeast Incorporated, My Apocalypse, The Graves, Justice Served, Postmarked, and Rhea. He is the founder of the Phoenix Film Festival, the Phoenix Film Society, IFP – Phoenix (Independent Filmmaker Project), and the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and has been active in the Arizona media industry for nearly thirty years. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, a position he has held for over twenty years, and has just completed the Third Revised Edition of his book, "Great Comedy Films: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Funny Movies."

Chris LaMont

Chris LaMont - Bio Chris LaMont is an award-winning WGA screenwriter, who’s work with writing partner Joseph Russo includes the 2020 action-thriller Hard Kill starring Bruce Willis, the 2020 Lifetime suspense-thriller The Au Pair Nightmare, the 2023 noir-drama The Locksmith starring Ryan Phillipe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames, the 2024 horror film Soul Mates and the 2024 supernatural horror film The Inheritance currently for rental and purchase through iTunes and Amazon Prime. He has also produced several independent film projects, including Writer’s Block, 14 Days in America, Netherbeast Incorporated, My Apocalypse, The Graves, Justice Served, Postmarked, and Rhea. He is the founder of the Phoenix Film Festival, the Phoenix Film Society, IFP – Phoenix (Independent Filmmaker Project), and the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and has been active in the Arizona media industry for nearly thirty years. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, a position he has held for over twenty years, and has just completed the Third Revised Edition of his book, "Great Comedy Films: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Funny Movies."

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Chris LaMont - Bio

Chris LaMont is an award-winning WGA screenwriter, who’s work with writing partner Joseph Russo includes the 2020 action-thriller Hard Kill starring Bruce Willis, the 2020 Lifetime suspense-thriller The Au Pair Nightmare, the 2023 noir-drama The Locksmith starring Ryan Phillipe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames, the 2024 horror film Soul Mates and the 2024 supernatural horror film The Inheritance currently for rental and purchase through iTunes and Amazon Prime.

He has also produced several independent film projects, including Writer’s Block, 14 Days in America, Netherbeast Incorporated, My Apocalypse, The Graves, Justice Served, Postmarked, and Rhea.

He is the founder of the Phoenix Film Festival, the Phoenix Film Society, IFP – Phoenix (Independent Filmmaker Project), and the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, and has been active in the Arizona media industry for nearly thirty years.

He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at Arizona State University in the Sidney Poitier New American Film School, a position he has held for over twenty years, and has just completed the Third Revised Edition of his book, “Great Comedy Films: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Funny Movies.”

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Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Language

Work Experience

Screenwriter at Russo-LaMont Productions
December 31, 2007 - Present

Education

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at Arizona State University
September 1, 2002 - April 1, 2005

Qualifications

Writer's Guild of American
December 31, 2022 - December 9, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    paper Soul Mates - 2024

    Screenwriter with writing partner Joseph Russo - currently on Tubi

    paper The Inheritance - 2025

    Screenwriter with Writing partner Joseph Russo - currently on Hulu

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