Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director[1] of The Hunt for Gollum,[2][3][4][5] an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000[6] using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009.[7] In its first week it was the ninety-fourth most watched film in lower Manhattan, NY. As of May 2024, it had been watched by 13 million people.[8]
Chris Bouchard | |
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| Alma mater | University of York |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Bouchard went on to direct feature length crime drama Hackney’s Finest in 2014,[9] which was produced by London film studio Framestore.[10] In 2018 he co-directed The Little Mermaid which was released on Netflix. The film starred Shirley MacLaine, Poppy Drayton, William Moseley and Loreto Peralta.[11][12]
Awards and honours
Best Fiction Produced for the Web for The Hunt for Gollum at the 2009 Cinéma Tous Ecrans festival.[13]