Chris Grismer

Biography

Knon as a Director, Producer, Writer

Career Overview

Chris Grismer has 23 screen credits in a career dating back to 1998. Signature works include Sea Change, Lock and Roll Forever, Totally for Teens. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

23

Known For

• 

  Sea Change
• 

  Lock and Roll Forever
• 

  Totally for Teens
• 

  I'm Still Your Fag
• 

  Clutch

Frequent Collaborators

• Emily Rudd (1 collaborations)
• Keenan Tracey (1 collaborations)
• Skyler Maxon (1 collaborations)
• Maria Dizzia (1 collaborations)
• Sarah Power (1 collaborations)
• Siobhan Williams (1 collaborations)
• Gabriel Hogan (1 collaborations)
• Malia Rogers (1 collaborations)
• Jordan Jeremiah (1 collaborations)
• Bernard Robichaud (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (22 credits)

  • Countdown

    - Bite 'Em Down (2025) ... director directing
    2025
  • Sullivan's Crossing

    - A Clear Perspective (2025) ... director directing

    - The Ties That Bind (2025) ... director directing

    - A Storm Is Brewing (2024) ... director directing

    - Guilt Trip (2024) ... director directing
    2023
  • Quantum Leap

    - Against Time (2024) ... director directing

    - Nomads (2023) ... director directing

    - Closure Encounters (2023) ... director directing

    - Judgement Day (2023) ... director directing

    - S.O.S. (2023) ... director directing
    2022
  • Prodigal Son

    - Sun and Fun (2021) ... director directing

    - Ouroboros (2021) ... director directing

    - Bad Manners (2021) ... director directing
    2019
  • Legacies

    - Hope Is Not the Goal (2018) ... director directing

    - This Is the Part Where You Run (2018) ... director directing
    2018
  • Sea Change

    director

    directing
    2017
  • Designated Survivor

    - #truthorconsequences (2019) ... director directing

    - #whocares (2019) ... director directing

    - #makehistory (2019) ... director directing

    - #thesystemisbroken (2019) ... director directing

    - Run (2018) ... director directing
    2016
  • Shadowhunters

    - The Fair Folk (2017) ... director directing
    2016
  • Killjoys

    - A Glitch in the System (2015) ... director directing

    - The Sugar Point Run (2015) ... director directing

    - Bangarang (2015) ... director directing
    2015
  • Chicago P.D.

    - Live or Die by Your CI (2026) ... director directing
    2014
  • The Originals

    - I Hear You Knocking (2017) ... director directing

    - Heart Shaped Box (2016) ... director directing

    - They All Asked For You (2015) ... director directing

    - Le Grand Guignol (2014) ... director directing

    - Crescent City (2014) ... director directing
    2013
  • Orphan Black

    - Newer Elements of Our Defense (2015) ... director directing
    2013
  • Reign

    - Toy Soldiers (2014) ... director directing
    2013
  • Switched at Birth

    - Las Dos Fridas (2012) ... director directing
    2011
  • The Secret Circle

    - Darkness (2012) ... director directing
    2011
  • Pretty Little Liars

    - Monsters in the End (2011) ... director directing

    - Je Suis une Amie (2011) ... director directing

    - The Homecoming Hangover (2010) ... director directing
    2010
  • Lock and Roll Forever

    director

    directing
    2009
  • Totally for Teens

    director

    directing
    2009
  • The Vampire Diaries

    - We’re Planning a June Wedding (2017) ... director directing

    - Somebody That I Used to Know (2016) ... director directing

    - Never Let Me Go (2015) ... director directing

    - I'm Thinking of You All the While (2015) ... director directing

    - Stay (2015) ... director directing
    2009
  • I'm Still Your Fag

    director

    directing
    2006
  • Queer as Folk

    - Excluding and Abstemiousness (2005) ... director directing

    - Starting a Whole New Life (2004) ... director directing

    - Poster May Lead to the Truth (2003) ... director directing
    2000
  • Clutch

    director

    directing
    1998

• production (1 credits)

  • Designated Survivor

    co-executive producer

    production

    - #truthorconsequences (2019) ... co-executive producer production

    - #undecided (2019) ... co-executive producer production

    - #scaredsh*tless (2019) ... co-executive producer production

    - #identity/crisis (2019) ... co-executive producer production

    - #whocares (2019) ... co-executive producer production
    2016