Chris Mandia
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Chris Mandia is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director, and Iraq War veteran from San Pedro, California. He was an U.S. Marine infantryman and served two combat tours in Iraq, including the battle for Fallujah.Mandia has won numerous awards for his work and received a Jack Nicholson scholarship to attend the MFA program at the University of Southern California’s film school. In 2010, he received an Operation In Their Boots
fellowship and “Get Some,” a film he authored, was a Cannes Film Festival
selection.
Synopsis: Private Barnes is a young Marine on his first tour in Iraq. His mission: Find the enemy that is implanting Improvised Explosive Devices on donkeys. ALL he wants: is to GET SOME.
fellow, Mandia directed and produced a short documentary entitled “The Academic Front.” The film deals with the transitional journey American service members make when they go from the battlefield to a college campus.
The Academic Front premiered on November 9, 2010 at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, California along with the four other Operation In Their Boots documentaries. All five films are currently online.
Operation In Their Boots
Operation In Their Boots is a film fellowship launched by the In Their Boots division of Brave New Foundation. The OITB program, led by executive producer Richard Ray Perez, provided five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with the opportunity to write, produce, and direct their own documentaries about...
fellowship and “Get Some,” a film he authored, was a Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
selection.
Get Some
Mandia wrote the screenplay for “Get Some,” a short film that was showcased in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival.Synopsis: Private Barnes is a young Marine on his first tour in Iraq. His mission: Find the enemy that is implanting Improvised Explosive Devices on donkeys. ALL he wants: is to GET SOME.
The Academic Front
As an Operation In Their BootsOperation In Their Boots
Operation In Their Boots is a film fellowship launched by the In Their Boots division of Brave New Foundation. The OITB program, led by executive producer Richard Ray Perez, provided five Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with the opportunity to write, produce, and direct their own documentaries about...
fellow, Mandia directed and produced a short documentary entitled “The Academic Front.” The film deals with the transitional journey American service members make when they go from the battlefield to a college campus.
The Academic Front premiered on November 9, 2010 at the Downtown Independent in Los Angeles, California along with the four other Operation In Their Boots documentaries. All five films are currently online.