DIRECTORS

Christine Weatherup is an actor and filmmaker with a fascination for complex characters and moral ambiguity. She graduated from USC, with a triple-major in Theatre, Political Science, and Cinematic Arts, before studying acting at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford. As an actor, Weatherup can be seen on HBO’s acclaimed series Watchmen, as well as Westworld, Grey’s Anatomy, and Mad Men. In the indie film world, she’s enjoyed leading roles including in Bread and Butter (The Orchard), opposite Bobby Moynihan, and Lauren Lapkus. In addition to acting, Weatherup produces, writes, and directs. She produced and acted in the award-winning webseries Squaresville, which has garnered millions of views and was featured in Entertainment Weekly’s “The Must List.” Weatherup traveled the country with her short film, Killed in Action, playing in over twenty festivals and winning several awards. Weatherup’s feature script, Into the Fog, has received attention as a semi-finalist for the Sundance Labs, and as a quarter-finalist in the Austin Film Festival and a quarter-finalist Final Draft’s Big Break competition. She recently received the MNFF Franklin Film Development grant for the project. Currently, Weatherup’s feature debut as a writer/director, "See You Next Christmas" featuring Marc Evan Jackson, Janet Varney, and Paul Welsh, won the Humor and Humanity Award at the 2021 Heartland Film Festival and was acquired by Giant Pictures.