American producer
Christopher Aaron Wyatt
, sometimes credited as
Chris "Doc" Wyatt
is an American film and TV producer, writer, and second unit director.
Early life and education
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Wyatt was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1975 and graduated in 1993 from
The Walker School
in Marietta, Georgia.
[1]
He went on to become a graduate of the Peter Stark Producing Program at the
University of Southern California
.
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Career
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Wyatt served as producer for the 2004 film
Napoleon Dynamite
, the 2006 film
Think Tank
, the 2007 film
Beneath
,
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the 2007 film
Coyote
,
[3]
and the 2009 film
Broken Hill
featuring Oscar-winner
Timothy Hutton
.
[4]
Wyatt next produced
Cafe
(2010)
starring
Jennifer Love Hewitt
and
Murder in the Dark
(2013), which he also co-wrote.
[5]
Wyatt, together with writing partner Kevin Burke, has written episodes of many animated TV shows, starting with
Iron Man: Armored Adventures
[6]
and
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
.
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He has also co-written episodes for
Avengers Assemble
and
Ultimate Spider-Man
.
Again alongside Kevin Burke, Wyatt was also a regular writer for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
, wrote four episodes for
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
titled "The Times They Are a Changeling", "Viva Las Pegasus", “P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)”, and "Friendship University", and teamed up with Burke on
Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
for
Netflix
as developers (alongside
Victor Cook
), executive producers, writers and story editors.
[7]
The duo also held the same roles on the
Spin Master Entertainment
adaptation of
Super Dinosaur
. Wyatt and Burke were executive producers and head writers on
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
and
Transformers: BotBots
.
[8]
Awards and nominations
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In 2005, Wyatt took home an
MTV Movie Award
when
Napoleon Dynamite
won Best Movie.
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Also in 2005, was nominated for an
Independent Spirit Award
and shared the nomination for Best First Feature with
Jared Hess
(director),
Jeremy Coon
(producer), and
Sean Covel
(producer).
[10]
Napoleon Dynamite
lost to
Garden State
(2004). Additionally that year, Wyatt was nominated with Sean Covel for the Producers Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.
[10]
In 2017, Wyatt and his writing partner Kevin Burke were
Emmy
nominated for "Outstanding Short Form Animated Program" for the episode "Space Walk" of
Rocket & Groot
[11]
Screenwriting credits
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- Series head writer denoted in bold
Television
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Film
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Web shorts
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Producer
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Television
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- Napoleon Dynamite
(2012)
- Avengers Assemble
(2014-2015)
- Ultimate Spider-Man
(2016-2017)
- Mystic Cosmic Patrol
(2017)
- Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
(2017-2018)
- Spider-Man
(2017-2020)
- Super Dinosaur
(2018-2019)
- Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy
(2019-2021)
- Ninjago
(2020?2022)
- Transformers: BotBots
(2022)
[16]
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- Ninjago: Dragons Rising
(2023-present)
Film
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References
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- ^
"Walker alum and 'Napoleon Dynamite' producer visits Lower School"
. November 14, 2019.
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"Starkie network helps H'wood run - Entertainment News, Film News, Media"
. Variety. October 23, 2005
. Retrieved
July 8,
2009
.
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"COYOTE - Kinder, Gentler People Smugglers"
. Themexicandream.com
. Retrieved
July 8,
2009
.
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"Audience Alliance features Broken Hill"
. Audience Alliance. Archived from
the original
on December 17, 2006
. Retrieved
November 29,
2010
.
- ^
Chris Wyatt
at
IMDb
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"Iron Man: Armored Adventures (TV Series 2008?2012): Full cast and credits"
.
IMDb
. November 9, 2023
. Retrieved
November 9,
2023
.
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"Stretch Armstrong Animated Series Heads to Netflix"
.
CBR
. July 31, 2017
. Retrieved
August 2,
2017
.
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"Chris Wyatt - Transformers Wiki"
. Retrieved
January 25,
2024
.
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"Napoleon Dynamite Wins 3 MTV Movie Awards"
. Retrieved
January 25,
2024
.
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a
b
"Napoleon Dynamite"
.
IMDb.com
. Retrieved
September 9,
2017
.
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"Chris "Doc" Wyatt"
. Retrieved
January 25,
2024
.
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"MYSTIC COSMIC PATROL Episode 2: Time Crisis"
. Youtube.
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"Snap Ships Dawn of Battle Act VIII"
. Youtube.
Archived
from the original on December 20, 2021.
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"Concrete Blondes"
. imdb.com.
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"Murder in the Dark"
. imdb.com.
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"Netflix To Air Transformers: BotBots Animated Series"
. TFW2005. February 25, 2021.
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"Transformers Botbots Cartoon To Debut On Netflix In March"
. TFW2005. February 16, 2022.
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