Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest, better known as Christopher Guest, is an English-American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor, and comedian who holds dual British and American citizenship. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in a series of comedy films shot in mock-documentarystyle. Scenes and character backgrounds are written, but actors have no rehearsal time and the ensemble improvise scenes while filming them. This series of films began with This Is Spinal Tap, and...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth5 February 1948
CityNew York City, NY
The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.
I don't work with high-concept things that start with a premise, "Wouldn't it be funny if there was this spy who met a... " For me, it could be, "What about people who sell shoes? That must be a bizarre world... when they meet at conventions and talk about shoes.
I'm married to the person I fell in love with.