Chris M. Allport

Born Christopher Miron Allport and thrust in to the spotlight at the age of four, he was quickly discovered fearlessly singing America the Beautiful - standing atop a grand piano at a local Japanese restaurant - by former Radio City Rockette, Madylin Clark. Thrown immediately into classes taught by Hollywood golden-era pioneers, and drilled in the disciplines, arts and techniques of television, film, theater, music and dance, Allport earned his stage debut at the Pantages for the Walt Disney Company by the age of ten.

After earning his BA, in Film Production, magna cum laude, with double minors in classical music and journalism, from Loyola Marymount University, Allport continued his studies in the private studios of Maria Newman, the Mary Pickford Foundation, the Annenberg Foundation, the Hearst Foundation and in the editorial traditions of legendary Oscar winner, Walter Murch.

Following a successful career as a professional young performer, working with directors, musicians and performers like Steven Spielberg, John Williams, Michael Kamen, Carol Burnett and Debbie Reynolds, Mr. Allport realized that basking in the golden-era's afterglow wouldn't satisfy his ambitions for contemporary content creation and storytelling.

Subsequent film and television directorial commissions include a suite of fifteen music videos for The Beach Boys; John Williams War Horse Orchestral Premiere at the Dorothy Chandler (PBS); and Band of Brothers behind-the-scenes features.

As an actor, Allport has embodied many recurring roles in many TV series, including, Peter Pan and the Pirates, Clueless, Boston Public and Dawson's Creek.

In music, Allport has performed as a backup singer for Barbara Streisand on her Timeless tour, with Los Angeles Opera, and can be heard on countless film soundtracks, including Hook (J. Williams), The Mighty Ducks (Queen), Mr. Holland's Opus (M. Kamen), Godzilla (A. Desplat), and Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (H. Zimmer). Allport has also toured Europe, Africa and North America as a noted Broadway and Classical singer, pioneering new musical roles in both Hollywood and New York.

In music composition, Allport's classical suite Arise Awake o Christmas Day was recorded by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and is highly regarded as a favorite Christmastime playlist on all major music outlets.

With such passion for both music and film - reaching back into cinema's early beginnings - Allport broadly opines that film can't exist without music and people don't want to experience music without film. Therefore, the two are forever intertwined. If you think about it, there really couldn't be a more graceful marriage!

Allport wrote and directed Emily or Oscar - a musical, cinematic love letter to old Hollywood, which has garnered 82 festival wins globally.

Nestled in between chapters on Quentin Tarantino and Collin Hanks, Mr. Allport is thrilled to have his life's work chronicled in music journalist and rock-n-roll author Harvey Kubernik's recent book Docs that Rock; Music that Matters.