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Welcome to the official website of filmmaker Chris Eska. Please select a film: The Retrieval. August Evening. Doki-Doki.
Chris Eska was born on 14 June 1976 in Ottine, Gonzales County, Texas, USA. He is a writer and director, known for The Retrieval (2013), August Evening (2007) and Doki-Doki (2003).
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- Writer, Director, Editor
- Ottine, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
- Chris Eska
Chris Eska - Writer, Director, Editor. Chris was raised in Ottine, Texas (pop. 98) and studied sociology and art at Rice University before attending UCLA's MFA film directing program. His short films have screened on PBS, at the Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker's Competition, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, and at festivals worldwide.
Apr 3, 2014 · Low-budget period indie films are rare in and of themselves, but to find one which inhabits the war-torn south with such authenticity and veracity as Chris Eska’s The Retrieval is rarer still. Set towards the end of the Civil War, the picture follows young Will (Ashton Sanders), a former slave.
1999 KUHT (PBS Houston) Series, The Territory. 1998 Texas Young Filmmaker’s Showcase. 1998 Russ Pittman Award for Artistic Merit. Works Screened at the Director’s Guild of America Theater, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Film Festivals worldwide.
Apr 1, 2014 · In “The Retrieval,” written and directed by Chris Eska, a black youngster working for Civil War bounty hunters helps them capture black fugitives.
May 15, 2014 · Chris Eska's moving 'The Retrieval' follows a teen boy (Ashton Sanders) as he tries to bring back a runaway slave (Tishuan Scott).
