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Biography
Chris Matheson (born December 11, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter. Matheson is best known for his collaborations with fellow screenwriter Ed Solomon, together creating the Bill & Ted franchise, writing the three films Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, and Bill & Ted Face the Music.Together they also wrote the films Mom and Dad Save the World and Imagine That.
His 2015 book The Story of God: A Biblical Comedy about Love (and Hate) is an alternative interpretation of the Christian Bible as seen through the eyes of an atheist.
He is the son of author Richard Matheson, as well as the younger brother of fellow screenwriter Richard Christian Matheson and the brother of Ali Marie Matheson.
He is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles.
Screenwriting credits
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)(with Ed Solomon)
- Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) (with Ed Solomon)
- Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) (with Ed Solomon)
- Mike the Detective (1993) (short film) (also director)
- A Goofy Movie (1995) (screenplay, with Jymn Magon and Brian Pimental)
- Mr. Wrong (1996) (with Kerry Ehrin and Craig Munson)
- Stepsister from Planet Weird (2000) (TV film) (teleplay)
- The Wise Ones (2001) (also director)
- Evil Alien Conquerors (screenplay/story, also director)
- Monkeys (2007) (also director)
- Imagine That (2009) (with Ed Solomon)
- Rapture-Palooza (2013) (also executive producer)
- Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) (with Ed Solomon)