Chris Dowling (director)

Chris Dowling is an American screenwriter and film director. He is known as screenwriter of the films Blue Miracle (2021) and Priceless (2016) and co-writer of the film Acidman (2022). Dowling wrote and directed the films Where Hope Grows (2014) and Roll With It (2022). He was co-writer and director of the 2019 film, Run the Race.

Early life
Dowling was born in Flowood, Mississippi and grew up in Dallas, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas with a degree in Radio/Television/Film, he moved to Los Angeles in 2009.

Film awards and honors
Acidman, a 2022 American film directed by Alex Lehmann and written by Lehmann and Dowling, received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2022 Dallas International Film Festival.

Roll With It, a 2022 American film written and directed by Dowling, was the Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature at the 2022 Dallas International Film Festival.

Blue Miracle, a 2021 American drama film directed by Julio Quintana from a screenplay by Quintana and Dowling, was nominated for the GMA Dove Award for Inspirational Film/Series of the Year at the 2022 GMA Dove Awards.

Blue Miracle received the Movieguide Epiphany Award as “Most Inspiring Movie of 2021”. 

Where Hope Grows, which Dowling wrote and directed, received the 2014 Heartland Film Festival Audience Choice Award Winner, Narrative Feature,

Filmography
As director
 * 2004 – The Plight of Clownana
 * 2009 – Rock Slyde
 * 2014 – Where Hope Grows
 * 2018 – Run the Race
 * 2022 – Roll With It

As writer
 * 2004 – The Plight of Clownana
 * 2009 – Rock Slyde
 * 2014 – The Remaining
 * 2014 – Where Hope Grows
 * 2016 – Priceless
 * 2018 – Run the Race
 * 2019 – The World We Make
 * 2021 – Blue Miracle
 * 2022 – Acidman

As producer
 * 2011 - RepoGames
 * 2016 - Asperger's Are Us
 * 2019 - On Tour With Aspergers Are Us