Christopher Trumbo

Christopher Trumbo, the son of Dalton Trumbo, was born in Los Angeles in 1940. A graduate of Columbia College in New York City, he began working in motion pictures in 1960 as an assistant director on Otto Preminger's production of Exodus. For the last 35 years he has worked as a writer, primarily in the motion picture and television industries. He shared a writing credit with his father on the television film Ishi: The Last of his Tribe, completing the project after his father died. His play Trumbo premiered in 2003 in New York City and went on to be performed across the United States in regional theaters and on tour. Trumbo also adapted the play into a documentary feature in 2007.