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Christopher Cassel

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  • Writer
  • Director
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Christopher Cassel is a Primetime Emmy Award-winning director and writer based in New Jersey.

Over two decades in the film and TV business, he's shot documentaries and premium docudramas on five continents (still waiting for that Australia gig) and worked with quite a few people you've definitely heard of.

From 2011-2018, he was President of Castle Pictures, Inc. which delivered highly-acclaimed series and specials for National Geographic, History and Discovery Channel among others. Since then he's free-lanced as an EP, director, writer and sometimes all three.

Recent career highlights include an Emmy nod for the well-timed doc "To End All War: Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb" featuring Christopher Nolan, and show running his first major network series, NBC's "Survival Mode," premiering in summer 2025.

Chris, a Jersey boy from birth, is a proud dad of two teens, a lucky husband to his college sweetheart, a soccer coach, an avid reader and a guitar tinkerer. He loves history, baseball, Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Goodfellas and Back to the Future. And he likes to think he's got a few more years yet in that sweet spot where sage experience and youthful energy dovetail.
BornMay 11
BornMay 11
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011)
    Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Producer(2011)
    • 2011
    Engineering an Empire (2005)
    Engineering an Empire
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Kelsey Grammer in Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America (2022)
    Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Into the Wild Frontier (2022)
    Into the Wild Frontier
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Hacking the Planet
      • executive producer, producer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2013



    • Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot (2024)
      Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot
      6.5
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
      To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
      7.4
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Kelsey Grammer in Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America (2022)
      Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America
      7.9
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2022
    • Into the Wild Frontier (2022)
      Into the Wild Frontier
      8.0
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2022
    • Buried Truth of the Maya (2019)
      Buried Truth of the Maya
      5.5
      • executive producer (as Chris Cassel)
      • 2019
    • Rise of the Superbombs (2018)
      Rise of the Superbombs
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2018
    • Secrets of the Underground (2017)
      Secrets of the Underground
      6.4
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2017
    • What Would Teddy Do? (2016)
      What Would Teddy Do?
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • supervising producer
      • 2016
    • Pope vs. Hitler (2016)
      Pope vs. Hitler
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2016
    • Phil Keoghan in Explorer (2015)
      Explorer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Gunslingers (2014)
      Gunslingers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2014–2015
    • Hacking the Planet (2013)
      Hacking the Planet
      7.8
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • The Truth About Twisters
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Punkin Chunkin 2011 (2011)
      Punkin Chunkin 2011
      7.1
      TV Special
      • senior story producer (as Chris Cassel)
      • 2011
    • Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011)
      Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
      8.3
      TV Series
      • supervising producer (2011)
      • 2011

    Writer



    • Hacking the Planet
      • Writer
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2013



    • Kelsey Grammer in Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America (2022)
      Kelsey Grammer's Historic Battles for America
      7.9
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2022
    • Into the Wild Frontier (2022)
      Into the Wild Frontier
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Rise of the Superbombs (2018)
      Rise of the Superbombs
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • writer
      • 2018
    • Secrets of the Underground (2017)
      Secrets of the Underground
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • What Would Teddy Do? (2016)
      What Would Teddy Do?
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Pope vs. Hitler (2016)
      Pope vs. Hitler
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Phil Keoghan in Explorer (2015)
      Explorer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2015
    • Gunslingers (2014)
      Gunslingers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2014–2015
    • Hacking the Planet (2013)
      Hacking the Planet
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • The Truth About Twisters
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2013
    • Punkin Chunkin 2011 (2011)
      Punkin Chunkin 2011
      7.1
      TV Special
      • supervising writer
      • 2011
    • Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero (2011)
      Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • The Uprising
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Clash of the Gods (2009)
      Clash of the Gods
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • writer
      • supervising writer
      • head writer
      • 2009
    • The White House: Behind Closed Doors (2008)
      The White House: Behind Closed Doors
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • written by
      • 2008

    Director



    • Into the Lost Desert
      • Director
      • Completed



    • Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot (2024)
      Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2024
    • To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb (2023)
      To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Into the Wild Frontier (2022)
      Into the Wild Frontier
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Primal Instinct (2018)
      Primal Instinct
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Rise of the Superbombs (2018)
      Rise of the Superbombs
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Pope vs. Hitler (2016)
      Pope vs. Hitler
      6.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Phil Keoghan in Explorer (2015)
      Explorer
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Gunslingers (2014)
      Gunslingers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014–2015
    • Winston Churchill in History (2000)
      History
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Redrum (2013)
      Redrum
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Clash of the Gods (2009)
      Clash of the Gods
      7.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Scandals of the Ancient World
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Clash of the Cave Men (2008)
      Clash of the Cave Men
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • The Dark Ages (2007)
      The Dark Ages
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Engineering an Empire (2005)
      Engineering an Empire
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2005–2006

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      • Christopher J. Cassel
    • Height
      • 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
    • Born
      • May 11
      • Livingston, New Jersey, USA
    • Spouse
      • Rosa CasselAugust 9, 2003 - present
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