Khris Baxter

Khris Baxter is a screenwriter and producer and the co-founder of Lost Mountain Entertainment. Baxter co-produced Above the Shadows (2019), starring Olivia Thirlby, Alan Ritchson, Jim Gaffigan, and Megan Fox, and is currently co-producing Out of Darkness, written and directed by Claudia Myers and starring Mary-Louise Parker and Emile Hirsch. As a writer-producer, Baxter is currently developing a slate of TV projects targeting streaming networks and premium cable. Baxter has been a screenwriter and script consultant for more than two decades. He teaches screenwriting at Dickinson College and The MFA in Creative Writing at Queens University of Charlotte. He’s been a judge for the annual Virginia Screenwriting Competition since 2004.

Teaching style: Khris’s teaching style reflects the way he works with screenwriters, directors, and producers: very hands-on and collaborative.