Christopher Markus Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Character and Morality in Entertainment Award for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 2006
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Long Form Adapted for "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" in 2006
• Was nominated for a Humanitas Prize in the Feature Film Category for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 2006
• Was nominated for two Hugo Awards for Best Dramatic Presentation, one for "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" in 2006 and one for "Captain America: The First Avenger" in 2012
• Earned his Master's in Creative Writing from the University of California at Davis, where he first met Stephen McFeely
• Had early success with his screenplay for "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" in 2004
• Quote: "(On becoming a comic book reader): "Increasingly as it becomes justifiable for my job․ And people will be like, 'What the hell are you doing lying on the couch?' And it's like, 'I'm working․'""
• Quote: "In a weird way, we got into the fantasy side of things because we were good with true characters․ We met ['Chronicles of Narnia' writer-producer] Andrew Adamson because he liked our Peter Sellers script․"
• Has written all of his screenplays collaboratively with fellow writer Stephen McFeely
• Best known as the screenplay writer of "The Chronicles of Narnia" series and the "Captain America" series