CHRIS STOTT (STOTTY)
DIRECTOR
+1 (323) 348-6761 STOTTY@SUBLIMEPRODS.COM
CREDITS
Ibotta ‘Holiday’ – Small Wonder/Ibotta
(2024) Director: Field/location. 5 x 90 sec commmercials.
Building The Band – Remarkable TV/Netflix
(2024) Creative Director: Studio, field. Season 1: 10 x 1hr eps.
Second Chance Stage – Magnolia/MAX/IPC
(2024) Director: Studio multi-camera. Season 1: 8 x 1hr eps.
AMG Uncovered ‘Miles Chamley-Watson’ – Rankin Creative/AMG
(2024) Director: Field/Location. 1 x 2 min Commercial
So You Think You Can Dance – FOX/IPC
(2024) Director: Studio multi-camera. Season 18: 1 x 1hr ep.
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway – ITV Studios
(2024) Director: Field Hidden Camera Prank.
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge – NBC/Endemolshine
(2023) Creative Producer: Studio multi-camera. Season 1: 10 x 1hr eps.
Drag Me to Dinner – Matador/Hulu
(2023) Director: Studio multi-camera. Season 1: 10 x 1hr eps.
Love Trip: Paris – Fox Alternative Entertainment/Freeform/Hulu
(2022) Co-Ex Producer: Field/Studio multi-camera Season 1: 8 x 1hr eps.
Slime Cup – Nickelodeon
(2022) Director: Field multi-camera. 1hr special.
Chai Tea with Heidi by Heidi Klum (Feat. Snoop Dogg) – Heidi Klum Company
(2022) Director: Music video.
12 Dates of Christmas – HBOMAX/ALL3Media
(2021) Director: Field/Studio multi-camera. Season 2: 10 x 1hr eps.
American Idol – ABC/Fremantle
(2020 - 2022) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 19 and 20.
Wipeout – TBS/Endemol Shine
(2020 - 2022) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 8 and 9.
World Pet Games – FOX/MGM
(2021) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. 1hr Special.
Heidi Does Halloween II: Klum’s Day – Heidi Klum Company
(2021) Director: Horror short film.
Heidi Does Halloween – Heidi Klum Company
(2020) Director: Horror short film.
World of Dance – NBC
(2017 - 2020) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 1 to 4.
The Titan Games - NBC
(2018 – 2020) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 1 and 2.
Making It - NBC
(2017 – 2019) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 1 and 2.
Better Late Than Never - NBC
(2016 – 2017) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Season 1.
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris - NBC
(2015) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Season 1.
I Can Do That - NBC
(2015) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Season 1.
America’s Got Talent - NBC
(2008 – 2014) Segment Director: Show opens, packages and promos. Seasons 3 to 9.
CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock – ABC
(2014) Segment Director: Show opens and packages. 3hr Special.
BIO
I started my career in the UK in 1993 as an editor and was lead editor on two of the most successful TV shows in UK history – The X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent. In 2005, I was approached by Simon Cowell to work full-time at his production company, SYCO Television.
In 2006, I was sent by Simon to Los Angeles to produce and edit on America’s Got Talent, and in 2012,
I was tasked with creating a new look for the show. That same year I directed my first cold open/promo, and for the next two years, I directed opens, packages, and scripted segments for taped and live shows.
In 2012, I started my own production company, “Sublime To The Ridiculous Productions,” In 2014, I became Creative Director at UTAS/NBCUniversal.
While in that role, I helped create, segment direct, and Co-Executive Produce a number of hit NBC shows, including...
World of Dance, The Titan Games, Making It, Better Late Than Never, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris, and I Can Do That.
In 2020, I entered the freelance market and have gone on to direct several projects for various studios and networks – including American Idol and Wipeout – and series directed a host of multi-cam shows, ’12 Dates of Christmas’ (HBOMAX), ‘Drag Me to Dinner’ (HULU) ‘Slime Cup’ (NICKELODEON) and Co-Executive produced ‘Love Trip: Paris’ (FREEFORM/HULU) I’ve also directed multiple commercials, promos and music videos including Chai Tea with Heidi Klum (Feat. Snoop Dogg) and two scripted horror movie shorts for Heidi Klum ‘Heidi Does Halloween’ and ‘Heidi Does Halloween II: Klum’s Day’ that debuted on Instagram and have both been viewed over 6 million times.
Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to direct a host of A-list talent, which include...
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry, John Cena, Simon Cowell, Howard Stern, Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, Henry Winkler, Nick Cannon, Howie Mandel, Nicole Byer, Neil Patrick Harris, Heidi Klum, Snoop Dogg, Mel B, Sharon Osbourne, Luke Bryan, Ne-Yo, Derek Hough, Joe Jonas, Marlon Wayans, and Nicole Scherzinger.
I am also a standing member of the Directors Guild of America.
REFERENCES - AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Rob Wade: CEO, FOX Entertainment – FOX.
Toby Gorman: President of Universal TV Alt. Studio – NBC.
Luke Wahl: Vice President of Unscripted - Nickelodeon.
Michael Heyerman: Senior Vice President, Unscripted Original Series – Endemol Shine.
Arthur Smith: CEO of A. Smith & Co. Productions.
Matt Kunitz: Creator/Executive Producer – Wipeout.
David Friedman: Executive producer - The Titan Games.
Alex Katz: Executive Producer – Better Late Than Never, World of Dance.
Matilda Zolotowski: Executive Producer – World of Dance.
Nicolle Yaron: Executive Producer – Making It.
Pip Wells: Executive Producer – Making It, 12 Dates of Christmas.
James Sunderland: Executive Producer – Drag Me to Dinner.
Susan House: Executive Producer – Love Trip: Paris.
Siobhan Greene: Head of Entertainment Commissioning - ITV.
