Chris Terrio
| Chris Terrio | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Christopher Terrio December 31, 1976 Staten Island, New York, United States |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University University of Cambridge USC School of Cinematic Arts |
| Occupation | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Chris Terrio (born December 31, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film Argo, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Terrio also won the Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of 2012 and was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA and the 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Terrio wrote the screenplay for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the follow-up to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, based on an earlier draft by David S. Goyer. He has also recently completed a screenplay entitled A Foreigner, based on an article by the journalist David Grann, and Justice League for Warner Bros.
Chris Terrio was raised in a Catholic family in Staten Island. He is of Italian and Irish descent. He graduated in 1997 from Harvard University, where he studied English literature and German phenomenology, lived in Adams House, and participated in the Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals. Terrio attended University of Cambridge for his MLitt, but eventually decided to enroll in film school. He received his master's degree from the USC School of Cinematic Arts in 2002.
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