Chris is the author of Creating Comedy Narratives for Stage and Screen and A Director's Guide to the Art of Stand-up - both published by Bloomsbury Methuen.
Chris mentors writers and develops scripst with with Lucy Lumsden, ex-BBC comedy commissioner, former head of comedy at Sky and now boss of Yellow Door Productions. He teaches comedy writing at the BBC Writersroom, Bath Spa University and the British Library.
Chris recently script-edited a BBC radio sitcom, a commissioned Channel 4 sitcom script, a comedy short film that was a global hit and a hit comedy play seen at Assembly in Edinburgh and Soho Theatre (that he also directed), He is currently developing scripts with new writers with a production company writers he's coached have been short-listed and amongst the winners of the BAFTA Rocliffe sitcom writing competition and have multiple film festival, live and broadcast comedy credits.
“The ideal person to nurture new talent.”
John Crace, The Guardian
www.chrishead.com
Testimonials
"I can't speak highly enough of how positive I've found the sessions with Chris. The sessions have changed how I view comedy and have given me real insight into how to better turn ideas and funny thoughts into character driven narrative comedy. It's also great to learn remotely and know I can ask questions through the Trello board and rewatch sessions. If you've ever wondered should I give it a go the answer is yes and do it!" SM
"Chris has a great manner and clearly many years of invaluable experience in the industry. The fact that it was online made it much more accessible, as we were able to all be in different cities, countries even and share our ideas. I highly recommend this for anyone serious about developing a treatment and script for TV. " JM
"Chris' input was incisive, fair and challenging and Chris showed a genuine interest in seeing the work and my writing improve." E.F.
"I got an awful lot out of that session - brilliant!" C.B.
