CHRIS PORTER

CHRIS PORTER is a Los Angeles-based writer, award-winning composer, and sound designer of concert works, film, theater, and immersive events that have been seen, heard, and experienced around the world.

Chris has been a podcast producer, editor, and host at CurtCo Media since 2019, creating SOLAR as CurtCo’s first narrative production. Podcast credits include:

SOLAR: Creator/Director/Composer
- A scripted audio sci-fi starring Stephanie Beatriz, Tony Award-winner Alan Cumming, and Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt.
When Last I Left: Creator/Host
- An improvisational storytelling podcast incorporating listener based story points, rules & suggestions.
A Moment of Your Time: Composer
- Bite-sized pieces of creative expression — essays/songs/poems/stories/scenes submitted by contributors around the globe.
Cars That Matter: Producer/Editor
- Host Robert Ross discusses all things cars with designers, collectors, drivers, and luxury enthusiasts.

Chris is also the Associate Artistic Director for The Speakeasy Society, an immersive entertainment company that creates intimate and epic work in unexpected places. His roles there include Head Writer and Music Director.

He earned his MFA in Music Composition from California Institute of the Arts and a BMA in Music Composition from Baldwin-Wallace University

Awards, accolades, accomplishments

Moose – 2015 Burbank International Film Festival Best Dramatic Short Nominee
Twenty Years Later – 2014 Made-In-Michigan Film Festival Best Original Score
Vanishing Act – 2013 Blue Water Film Festival Best Original Score
Stranded – 2011 168 Film Festival Best Animated Film
Playing House – 2011 Detroit Independent Film Festival Best Score in a Short Film Nominee
Piece of Cake – 2010 Student Academy Award Finalist, 2010 Walter and Gracie Lantz Animation Prize

See more on Chris' website