Christopher Jason Bell

Christopher Jason Bell is a New Jersey-based filmmaker and professor. Christopher Jason Bell’s body of work feels immense. Across a number of boldly experimental shorts and a pair of features, Bell has playfully wrestled with key moments in American history, turned a critical yet clear-eyed gaze at contemporary working class life, offered a stage for game performers to stretch the definition of ‘non-professional,’ and, best of all, blurred the lines between fact and fiction.

Works

Miss Me Yet

A look back at the presidency of George W. Bush and the impact he had on everyday life using archival exclusively archival footage.

Release Date2023-06-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count10

Failed State

Dale spends the majority of his time transporting various goods to people while attempting to carve out a social life in-between. Eventually the weight of work, his declining health, pressure from his manager and decaying social relations become too heavy to bear.

Release Date2023-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Incorrectional

Saeed braves an adolescent crush and an altercation with his best friend while his temperamental father Ali struggles to connect with him. Both they and the film are heading for a breakdown.

Release Date2018-11-25

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count1

The Winds That Scatter

Ahmad is a refugee from Syria, holding wishes of starting his own taxi service. When he loses his menial employment at a gas station, he attempts to navigate through the current American economy with optimism. Soon, reality settles in as consistent work is scarce. An impression of hopelessness slowly begins to take a toll on his relationships, faith, and sense of self, with his dream slipping quickly from his grasp.

Release Date2015-06-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

And By We I Mean Me

A conservative business owner gets a rude awakening when his sister-in-law stops by to talk about his dying father.

Release Date2017-01-01

DepartmentCamera

JobDirector of Photography

Mohammad So-and-So

Mohammad (Mohammad Dagman) hopes to enjoy a relaxing evening after work until an unnamed man (Greg Steinbruner) appears in his home, essentially kicking him out and furnishing him a new place to live. Mohammad, overwhelmed by the indifference of his independence, wanders around New York City while struggling to find his place in the world.

Release Date2017-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Bus Stop

An encounter at a bus stop answers the questions to one girl's life.

Release Date2009-06-14

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

The Finger

An isolated man agonizes over his response to economic woes and an uncaring system.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Left

A young woman remains stuck at the airport after escaping an abusive relationship.

Release Date2017-10-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The City Is Like A Character In The Film

"The City Is Like A Character In The Film" focuses on the burgeoning relationship between two out-of-towners named Ahmed (Ahmed Khawaja) and Julie (Alex Beechko), both down in the dumps before their accidental meeting in Manhattan. The two begin to open up to one another as the day progresses -- they kick off by commending the various allures of NYC and sitcom TV before diving into more serious topics such as grief, Islamophobia, Trump, and America.

Release Date2018-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Bridges

Babysitter Elizabeth removes her infant charge from the home during a dangerous situation, but starts to wonder if she should return him... or keep him.

Release Date2012-06-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

the evidence of our eyes

The search for what we are told not to see. Every empire tells itself.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Boundaries

Two men design and build a detention center.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Confection

What if your friend died in the stupidest way possible?

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Trammel

Dale lives a solitary life in a small town, his only outlet being conversations with the local pharmacist Mohammad. As time passes, Dale slowly begins to reveal more of his life and history to Mohammad.

Release Date2020-06-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Pilgrimage

Corey and Stew were high school friends. When Stew visits Corey at college, they both realize how little they actually have in common. "Pilgrimage" is a humorous look at friendship, our trouble with communication, and the silly lengths we go to not connect with one another.

Release Date2010-07-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Attention Shoppers

Grocery shoppers go about their business while an announcement details the Western subversion and murder of international leftist political groups.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

One Times One

A lonely immigrant from Syria begins a friendship with a potentially dishonest American amputee.

Release Date2016-05-25

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor