Personal details
- Birth Date: 1987-12-10
- Birth Location: Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Professions: Producer, Production Manager, Director
Christopher Giroux? The guy’s basically everywhere in the Canadian film scene. Cranked out over fifty feature films—yeah, fifty, not a typo—and somehow still manages to keep things fresh. He came out of Sheridan’s Advanced TV and Film program back in ‘09, didn’t waste a second, and jumped straight into the deep end. Launched a wild run of high-concept genre flicks with Black Fawn Films and Breakthrough Entertainment, banging out ten movies back-to-back. That’s hustle. By 2018, Giroux had landed at Vortex Media, strutting in as Senior VP of Production. Since then, he’s been the engine behind a whole pile of productions. Think festive hits like The Christmas Charade and Take Me Back For Christmas, but also stuff like The End of Sex (which, by the way, got some serious love at TIFF), and Anything For Jackson, which horror fans won’t shut up about. Doesn’t matter if it’s romance, horror, or holiday cheese—dude’s got range. It’s not just about quantity with this guy either. He’s got legit cred: a Certified Fresh trophy from Rotten Tomatoes for Anything For Jackson, plus a couple of Canadian Screen Award nominations for his recent work. Oh, and he’s got a seat at The Producer’s Roundtable of Ontario, rubbing elbows with the other big shots. Basically, if a Canadian movie pops up on your radar, odds are Giroux had something to do with it—or at least knows who did. The guy’s a machine.
Back in 2012, Christopher Giroux was hustling behind the camera for F.J. Productions at the Toronto International Film Festival. The dude basically had an all-access pass to some serious Hollywood royalty—he got up close and personal with everyone from Tom Hanks and Halle Berry to Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant. Alicia Malone was hosting, bringing her signature charm, and Giroux caught interviews with a wild mix of legends and fresh faces: Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Affleck, Chris Terrio, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Scoot McNairy, Rory Cochrane, and Bryan Cranston. Honestly, imagine the stories from that gig. One day you’re filming a heartfelt chat with Sarandon, next day you’re probably dodging Hugh Grant’s witty banter or catching Affleck in between Oscar talk. That kind of lineup? Total dream for any film buff or camera nerd—with all those celebs in one whirlwind festival, it’s basically movie history in the making.
December 10, 1987
Konidela Ram Charan
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
37 years old