Christopher Thompson

Directing

Born: January 26, 1990

Birthplace: Evansville, Indiana, USA

Christopher Thompson (1990) is a contemporary American artist and filmmaker whose work examines capital, desire, and the seemingly supernatural forces that govern its acceleration. His films and video works have been featured in exhibitions and film festivals worldwide, including Prismatic Ground, Oak Cliff Film Festival, the 5th Odessa Biennale at the Odessa Museum of Contemporary Art, Endless Editions Biennale in NYC, “Late capitalism, it's like, almost over” at The Luminary in St. Louis, the 6th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival. He holds a B.A. from the University of Southern Indiana and an M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied video art and experimental electronic music. He is also the director of HATERS, an online moving image journal. Thompson lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.