Chris Collins (writer)


Chris Collins is an American television writer and producer. He has worked on the HBO dramas The Sopranos and The Wire. He was an executive story editor for the Starz drama series Crash. He is a producer and writer for the FX series Sons of Anarchy.

Biography

Collins joined the crew of The Wire in 2004 as a script coordinator for the third season. He continued to serve as a script coordinator and became a staff writer for the fourth season in 2006. Collins and the writing staff won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2008 ceremony for their work on the fourth season. Collins became a story editor for the fifth season in 2009. Collins was involved in the writer's planning meetings for the fifth season. He wrote the teleplay for the third episode of the fifth season "Not for Attribution" from a story he co-wrote with show runner and executive producer David Simon. Collins and the writing staff were nominated for the WGA award for Best Dramatic Series again at the February 2009 ceremony for their work on the fifth season but Mad Men won the award.
In 2009 Collins became an executive story editor and writer for new Starz drama series Crash. Showrunner Glen Mazzara handpicked the writing staff for the series and selected people with a background of writing edgier material. Collins was hired because of his work on The Wire. The series followed an ensemble cast in racially tense Los Angeles and was based on the film of the same name. Collins co-wrote the episode "The Doctor Is In" with co-executive producer Frank Renzulli and wrote the episode "Los Muertos". Mazzara, Collins and the majority of the writing staff left the series at the end of the first season.
Collins was hired as a co-producer and writer for the second season of FX crime drama Sons of Anarchy in fall 2009. Sons of Anarchy showrunner and executive producer Kurt Sutter had previously worked with Mazzara on The Shield. The series focuses on a motorcycle gang. Collins wrote the episode "Smite" and co-wrote the episode "Gilead" with Sutter.
Collins was promoted to producer for the series third season in 2010. He wrote the episode "Caregiver", co-wrote the episode "The Push" with Julie Bush, co-wrote the teleplay for the episode "Turas" with Brady Dahl based on a story by Sutter and wrote the teleplay for the season's penultimate episode "June Wedding" based on a story by Sutter. Collins was promoted to supervising producer for the fourth season in 2011. Collins co-wrote the season's second episode "Booster" with co-executive producer Dave Erickson and the sixth episode "With an X" with co-producer Regina Corrado.

Filmography

Production staff
YearShowRoleNotes
2018The Man in the High CastleCo-Executive ProducerSeason 3
2013Sons of AnarchyExecutive ProducerSeason 6
2012Sons of AnarchyCo-Executive ProducerSeason 5
2011Sons of AnarchySupervising ProducerSeason 4
2010Sons of AnarchyProducerSeason 3
2009Sons of AnarchyCo-ProducerSeason 2
2008CrashExecutive Story EditorSeason 1
2008The WireStory EditorSeason 5
2007The SopranosProduction co-ordinatorSeason 6, part II
2006The WireScript Coordinator & Staff WriterSeason 4
2006The SopranosAssistant to writersSeason 6, part I
2005DisarmStory Editor
2004The WireScript CoordinatorSeason 3
2003The Wind EffectProduction Manager

Writer
YearTitleSeasonEpisode titleEpisodeNotes
2019John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum---Feature. Co-written with Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, and Marc Abrams
2011Sons of Anarchy4"With an X"6Co-written with Regina Corrado
2011Sons of Anarchy4"Booster"2Co-written with Dave Erickson
2010Sons of Anarchy3"June Wedding"12Teleplay by Collins from a story by Kurt Sutter
2010Sons of Anarchy3"Turas"9Teleplay co-written with Brady Dahl from a story by Kurt Sutter
2010Sons of Anarchy3"The Push"6Co-written with Julie Bush
2010Sons of Anarchy3"Caregiver"3
2009Sons of Anarchy2"Gilead"7Co-written with Kurt Sutter
2009Sons of Anarchy2"Smite"5
2008Crash1"Los Muertos"7
2008Crash1"The Doctor Is In"2Co-written with Frank Renzulli
2008The Wire5"Not for Attribution"3Teleplay by Collins, story co-written with David Simon