Christopher Hines
Encyclopedia
Christopher Hines is an American
documentary film director
and a journalist
. He is most known for his documentaries on gay culture including The Butch Factor
and The Adonis Factor
. He is founder and owner of Rogue Culture Inc. a television and film production company.
Hines started as a journalist. He was the Bay Area reporter for Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle
and an embedded journalist during the first Gulf War
reporting from Kuwait
. He became an international correspondent reporting from Asia and the Middle East, and later on produced news and cultural shows for CNN
, as well as entertainment news shows for VH1
, MTV
, CMT
and E!
including "E! True Hollywood Story" (THS). He also launched investigative reporting shows most notably THS Investigates on various topics.
Through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc., he developed a wide range of programming for gay and straight audiences. His critically acclaimed documentary The Butch Factor was featured in a number of gay film festivals. He followed that up with the documentaries The Adonis Factor and Man 2 Man: A Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love.
United States
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documentary film director
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
and a journalist
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
. He is most known for his documentaries on gay culture including The Butch Factor
The Butch Factor
The Butch Factor, full name The Butch Factor: What Kind of Man Are You? is a 2009 documentary film produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc...
and The Adonis Factor
The Adonis Factor
The Adonis Factor is a 2010 documentary film produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc. Filmed at various locations it was shown at a great number of gay and documentary festivals...
. He is founder and owner of Rogue Culture Inc. a television and film production company.
Hines started as a journalist. He was the Bay Area reporter for Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
and an embedded journalist during the first Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
reporting from Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
. He became an international correspondent reporting from Asia and the Middle East, and later on produced news and cultural shows for CNN
CNN
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, as well as entertainment news shows for VH1
VH1
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, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, CMT
CMT
- Medicine :* California mastitis test* Certified Massage Therapist* Cervical motion tenderness, a sign of pelvic inflammatory disease* Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease* Chemically modified tetracyclines* Circus Movement Tachycardia...
and E!
E!
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including "E! True Hollywood Story" (THS). He also launched investigative reporting shows most notably THS Investigates on various topics.
Through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc., he developed a wide range of programming for gay and straight audiences. His critically acclaimed documentary The Butch Factor was featured in a number of gay film festivals. He followed that up with the documentaries The Adonis Factor and Man 2 Man: A Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love.
Director/Producer
- 2009: The Butch FactorThe Butch FactorThe Butch Factor, full name The Butch Factor: What Kind of Man Are You? is a 2009 documentary film produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc...
(documentary) - 2010: The Adonis FactorThe Adonis FactorThe Adonis Factor is a 2010 documentary film produced and directed by American director Christopher Hines through his own production company Rogue Culture Inc. Filmed at various locations it was shown at a great number of gay and documentary festivals...
(documentary) - 2011: Man 2 Man: A Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love (documentary)
Producer
- 2004-2007: E! True Hollywood Story (documentaries). Several episodes: "Sharon Stone", "Laci Peterson" and "Dancing with the Stars"
- 2005-2008: THS Investigates. Several shows including: "Love Behind Bars", "Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer", "Plastic Surgery Nightmares", "Hot for Student", "Diet Fads"