CONTACT

christopherjarvisfilm@gmail.com

About

Christopher Jarvis is an award winning filmmaker, photographer, and musician from Detroit, MI.

In 2023 he won Second Prize in the Life Framer Black & White Photography Contest and his super 8mm film “Singularity” screened at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won the worldwide “Straight 8” filmmaking competition and screened at the British Film Institute, the London Short Film Festival, and screened at cinemas in the UK, Portugal, and Brazil.

In 2020 his short film “Bruised Fruit” won the Audience Award at the Central Michigan International Film Festival. It also won Best Michigan Short at the Royal Starr Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short Film at the New York World Film Festival, the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival, and the Detroit Filmmaker Awards.

In 2017 he scored the VR film “If Not Love” that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

His films have screened all over the country including the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, the Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival, the Miami Independent Film Festival, Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival, and more.

He has curated two sold out events at the historic Planet Ant Theater in Hamtramck, MI. “Bruised Fruit Release Party (2019)” and “Core4 Collective Presents: A Night of Michigan Short Films (2021)”

He also curated a monthly showcase of local eclectic electronic music called “High Vibrations” in Hamtramck, MI from 2013 - 2015.

He has toured all over the country with his music, performing twice at the Movement Electronic Music Festival, SXSW, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Middle of the Map Fest, and TEDxDetroit. His music has been featured in Nylon, Urban Outfitters, The Land of Best Fit, My Old Kentucky Blog, Metro Times, The Detroit Free Press, and more.

He currently teaches Digital Media Arts at Lawrence Technological University and lives in Detroit, MI with his partner and dog, Varda.