Christopher Leone is an American filmmaker based in France with a background in visual effects and animation.
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Biography
Leone directed and co-wrote the film Code 3, starting Rainn Wilson and Lil Rel Howery, which hit theaters to strong reviews in September 2025 and released on Hulu in January 2026. Code 3 is a comedic, suspenseful, and heartbreaking look at a paramedic’s last day on the job. Leone developed and wrote the script with Patrick Pianezza, a real paramedic.
Leone wrote and directed the science-fiction digital pilot Parallels released by Fox Digital Studio on the Netflix streaming service in March 2015. Before that Leone directed two seasons of the digital series Suit Up and one season of Wolfpack of Reseda, also for Fox Digital.
Leone co-wrote and co-executive produced The Lost Room, a mini-series for Syfy produced by Lionsgate Television, starring Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, and Kevin Pollak. The Lost Room was created by Leone, Laura Harkcom, and Paul Workman and first aired in December 2006. Leone, Harkcom, and Workman were nominated for a Writers Guild Award in 2008.
In 2006, Leone's short film K-7 screened at over 60 film festivals, including the Tribeca Film Festival and SXSW, and won 12 awards including Best Live Action Short at HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Best Short at CineVegas, and a Jury Mention at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
In July 2009, Red 5 Comics published We Kill Monsters, written by Leone.
