Christopher Schlerf

Christopher Schlerf began his career in the entertainment business when, at 19, he took a sabbatical from his studies at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts to become an assistant in the Publicity department at Columbia Pictures/ TriStar Pictures. After returning to school, Mr. Schlerf rose through the ranks, both in New York and Los Angeles, eventually being promoted to the position of Field Coordinator of Columbia/TriStar’s Eastern Region. In 1996, he returned to Los Angeles as the Production Specialist for Silicon Studio, a division of Silicon Graphics, Inc. specializing in technology solutions for the entertainment business. Mr. Schlerf has also worked in freelance production and office capacities for 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Onesuch Films, the Moving Talking Picture Company, and Dagron Productions.

In 1998, Mr. Schlerf formed Zealous Pictures with Andrew Sullivan, Jeff Gomez, Geoffrey Orthwein and Sean Connelly. The company’s first production, a short film entitled Red Light August, was shown in the prestigious Slamdunk Film Festival in Park City, UT and the Hollywood Shorts Film Festival in Los Angeles, CA - both within a month of its completion.

Prior to his involvement with Zealous, Mr. Schlerf wrote and directed a short film entitled (short) movie, (currently in post-production). He is also the producer of Feeding Demons, a feature-length documentary by Kenn Bell concerning Obsessive-Compulsive disorder which has recently wrapped principal photography. Mr. Schlerf has written several feature length screenplays, and is currently at work on his first novel.

Prior to attending NYU, Christopher Schlerf was active in several regional theater troupes throughout New Jersey, both as an actor, and as a writer/director. In addition to his theatrical pursuits, Mr. Schlerf served as the Editor in Chief of the 1989 Back Porch Review, which won the Columbia Scholastic Press Award for Literary Magazines. Later that year, he spoke at Columbia University at the Seminar for the Columbia Scholastic Press. His poetry has been published in various literary magazines nationwide.