Chris Goutman

Professor Goutman has spent most of his career in New York as a director, producer, and writer. He has directed numerous daytime dramas and executive produced for 12 years. He created and produced two web series, In Turn and L.A. Diaries, which he also directed, as well as promotional campaigns for network television, commercial movie theater trailers, and an award-winning Presidential campaign ad. For his television work, he has shot on locations worldwide. He also wrote, produced, and directed several short films, including The Square Root of Three, Visions of Joanna, I.E.D., For Your Love, The Boy in the Cabinet Beneath the Sink, and This Is How It Happened, all of which have received extensive exposure on the festival film circuit. In the theatre, he has directed in New York, Philadelphia, and Florida, including productions at EST, NYC Fringe, the Harold Clurman Theatre, New Circle Theatre Company, 59E59, and the Theatre at Madison Square Garden. His plays have been performed at L.A. Stage and Film Company, the Barrow Group, New Circle Theatre Company, and EST. In his previous life as an actor, he appeared extensively in television and film and in the theatre at Circle Rep, Manhattan Theatre Club and the Roundabout Theatre, where he received a Theatre World Award for The Promise.

His other awards include five Emmys for his work as a producer and director, as well as the DGA Award.