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Christopher Lockhart is a Hollywood executive, filmmaker and educator. He started his career at ICM working alongside legendary talent agent Ed Limato, advising him on projects for his star-studded clientele that included Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Richard Gere, Steve Martin, Robert Downey, Jr., and Liam Neeson. Chris also ran the Story Department and oversaw the Agent Trainee Program.  Chris followed Limato to the William Morris and stayed by Limato’s side until Ed's death in 2010. Chris remains at WME as the Story Editor, helping find projects for talent like Denzel Washington.  As a filmmaker, Chris co-produced the 2009 cult horror movie “The Collector,”  He wrote and produced the documentary “Most Valuable Players,” which won many awards on the festival circuit including the “Documentary Channel Audience Award” at the Nashville Film Festival.  It made its theatrical debut in 2010 and was hailed by the International Documentary Association as the “feel good documentary of the year.”   It was subsequent