Chris Deaner is an American drummer, film maker and computer programmer. He is best known as the drummer for Plus/Minus

+/- (band)

+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures...

 from 2001 onwards, as a founding member of Loudest Boom Bah Yea, and as the drummer for Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...

 from 2007 to 2008. He has directed a majority of videos for Plus/Minus and won the Best Video award at the 7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival

San Diego Asian Film Festival

The San Diego Asian Film Festival is an annual event organized by the San Diego Asian Film Foundation. The festival was first held in 2000 at the University of San Diego by the Asian American Journalists Association of San Diego.-Organization Overview:...

 for his direction of the band's Steal the Blueprints clip.

Deaner worked as a lead programmer on the multiplayer online game

Massively multiplayer online game

A massively multiplayer online game is a multiplayer video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and usually feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on...

 Code of Everand

Code of Everand

Code of Everand was a free online multiplayer game designed to teach children about road-crossing safety habits.The game was designed for 9 – 13 year olds and was commissioned by the UK’s Department for Transport and through play patterns and social reinforcement aims to strengthen proper Road...

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He is notable as an endorser of Ludwig Drums, Vic Firth and Istanbul Cymbals.