Chris Long

Who is Chris Long?

Chris Long is a British director and producer. For the past twenty years he’s worked non-stop at all the major US Cable and TV Networks and has carved a well-earned reputation as one of the finest Television Director/Producers in Hollywood. Chris’s talents are very much in demand and he is credited as the creative visionary behind some of its most successful shows. After moving to the US in 1990 from the UK and seguing from post production to producing, Chris began his distinguished career, serving as Director and Executive Producer on a number of top rated international series culminating currently with the CBS #1 hit drama: The Mentalist. The show has received multiple honors, Emmy nominations, and in 2013 received the prestigious Monte-Carlo TV award for the most watched drama in the world with 58.1 million viewers per episode. So far, Chris has directed 25 episodes of the Mentalist. In a career marked by longevity, he’s directed over 100 hours of comedy and drama and produced over a thousand hours of television around the world. Chris is Co-President of Scallie Filmworks, Inc., a production company committed to creating quality content in TV, Motion pictures and Documentaries.