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Chris Terrio
Writer

Chris Terrio

Born December 31, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA

5 films

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 the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA, and the 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for this work. 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, and is credited as co-writer for the 2017 film Justice League, alongside Joss Whedon for the theatrical cut and Zack Snyder and Will Beall for the 2021 director's cut for Warner Bros. He completed another screenplay, A Foreigner, based on an article by the journalist David Grann. Terrio also co-wrote the script for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with director J. J. Abrams. C-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards

2 wins, 4 nominations

Filmography 5

Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) movie poster
Zack Snyder's Justice League2021
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) movie poster
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker2019
Justice League (2017) movie poster
Justice League2017
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) movie poster
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice2016
Argo (2012) movie poster
Argo2012