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nDash Writer Profile for Christopher McKittrick

Headline

Entertainment Content Creator - Ready to Engage Your Target Audience

About Me

Christopher McKittrick is a native English writer who has written about entertainment (film, music, Broadway, comics, and more) and is a rock star content creator who is ready to engage your audience, including writing business-to-consumer and business-to-business content.

He has written for clients like Saatva Mattress and Show-Score.com and his work has appeared in or has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsday, USAToday.com, CNBC.com, Time.com, and dozens of entertainment and news websites. He is also the author of CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY ON SEVENTH AVENUE: THE ROLLING STONES AND NEW YORK CITY (Post Hill Press, June 2019) and SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE: TOM PETTY AND LOS ANGELES (Post Hill Press, November 2020) and co-editor of THE VISUAL EFFECTS SOCIETY HANDBOOK OF VISUAL EFFECTS, 3RD EDITION (Taylor and Francis, July 2020)

Christopher has helped his clients to successfully tell their stories by creating content that fulfills their content objectives.

Questions? Connect with me about your project so we can discuss how I can best help your content achieve your goals.

Industries I Write About

Lifestyle

My Writing Samples

How Movies Went From Black and White to Color

A short, informative piece detailing the history of the various processes used to color film, including key examples of groundbreaking films.

https://www.liveabout.com/how-movies-went-from-black-white-to-color-4153390

What the Movies Get Right—and Wrong—About Sleep

An informative, entertaining work-for-hire article that depicts the fact and fiction of how sleep is depicted in movies for Saatva, a luxury mattress company. Features quotes from an interview conducted with Terry Cralle, RN, a clinical sleep educator.

https://www.saatva.com/blog/movies-about-sleep-right-wrong/

Screenwriters: Are You In The Mood For Love? Write A Romcom

A freelance article for Creative Screenwriting focusing on how screenwriters can learn from writing romantic comedy screenplays (and perhaps even sell them!)

https://creativescreenwriting.com/screenwriters-mood-love-write-romcom/

New Musicals ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ and ‘Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812’ Lead Ticket Demand

An article intended to help promote Broadway tickets sales on TicketIQ.com, a ticket resale website.

http://www.theclassicalarts.com/articles/40963/20161128/evan-hansen-natasha-pierre-great-comet-1812-tickets.htm

Screen to Stage Adaptations: Biggest Changes Made

A promotional list article for Show-Score.com, a Broadway musical rating website, focusing on Broadway musicals adapted from films.

https://www.show-score.com/blog/screen-to-stage-adaptations-biggest-changes-made

From David Bowie to Sara Bareilles: Pop Stars on the Broadway Stage

An article about pop stars that starred in Broadway musicals intended to help promote Broadway ticket sales on TicketIQ.com, a ticket resale website.

https://www.musictimes.com/articles/75173/20170410/david-bowie-sara-bareilles-pop-stars-broadway-stage.htm

Mark Millar: The Comic Creator's Biggest Movie Blockbusters

A list article focusing on comic book films to promote the release of 20th Century Fox's film LOGAN.

https://www.liveabout.com/mark-millar-movies-4149813

Experience

Hollywood Movie Expert

Contribute SEO-optimized entertainment features to Hollywood Movies section of About.com/LiveAbout.com. Update a decade of archive content.

Company: About.com/Dotdash.com

I worked there from 11/2015 until now

Contributor

Contributed weekly features on New York City Broadway productions to promote growth of site.

Company: Show-Score.com

I worked there from 11/2016 until 7/2017

Writer

Contributed analytic features on New York City Broadway production ticket sales.

Company: TicketIQ.com

I worked there from 7/2016 until 4/2017

U.S. Editor

Contributed interviews with screenwriters of upcoming and classic films. Edited copy for publication. Maintained contact and liaised with industry, publicity and marketing individuals. Conducted and edited on-camera interviews. Work quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Newsday, USAToday.com, Time.com, RollingStone.com, and dozens of entertainment and news websites.

Company: CreativeScreenwriting.com

I worked there from 7/2013 until 8/2017

Director of Operations

Manage internal operations of global entertainment honorary society consisting of over 4000 visual effects practitioners in over 40 countries. Copyedit VFX Voice, the quarterly magazine of the Visual Effects Society with a circulation of over 5000. Manage all operations for VFXVoice.com as online editor, including writing, reviewing, posting, and promoting online exclusive articles.

Company: Visual Effects Society

I worked there from 9/2017 until now

Content I Write

Recommendations

Fast, Reliable and Great to Work With!

Chris has contributed weekly content to my website for over eight years. Over that time he has proven to be incredibly reliable and efficient, and his content has helped my website grow to become one of the premiere entertainment sites in its category. I highly recommend working with him!

Lance Carter, Daily Actor