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Chris Bowman

Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Chris Bowman is an American screenwriter and director. He is best known for writing A Minecraft Movie (2025), Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016), Masterminds (2016), and the Oscar-nominated short film Ninety-Five Senses (2022), all with frequent collaborator Hubbel Palmer. Bowman made his directorial debut in 2007 with American Fork (aka Humble Pie).

Known For

  • A Minecraft Movie
  • Masterminds
  • Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
  • Napoleon Dynamite
  • Ninety-Five Senses
  • American Fork
  • The Buzz on Maggie
  • Brandy & Mr. Whiskers
  • Big Tree City

Chris Bowman Filmography

2025
A Minecraft Movie · as Story
2022
Big Tree City (TV Series) · as Layout
2012
Napoleon Dynamite (TV Series) · as Staff Writer
2008
The Secret Saturdays (TV Series) · as Written By
2005
American Dragon: Jake Long (TV Series) · as Written By

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