Mike Christie is a British film and television director and producer who has made films for the
BBC,
Channel 4,
Sky,
Discovery,
History Channel,
Apple,
Showtime and
Red Bull. His career began in the 1990s working with the artist and filmmaker
Derek Jarman – who he met at meetings of
Act Up London – on projects including the book At Your Own Risk.[1] Other early collaborators included
Pet Shop Boys[2] and
Suede[3] with whom he worked from 1992 to 1997.[4] In 1997, he co-created
Drop the Debt,[5] the mainstream music and entertainment industries campaign of the
Jubilee 2000 movement, fronted by
Bono and others, and led to the cancellation of more than $100 billion in debt owed by 35 of the poorest countries.[6]
Christie's
Parkour documentaries
Jump London (2003)[7][8] and
Jump Britain (2005), debuting
Sebastien Foucan, presented the discipline to a global audience for the first time. In recognition, in 2010, Christie was nicknamed the "godfather" of Parkour by one of the sport's publications.[9][10] Following the success of
Jump London, in 2004 Mike Christie founded production company Carbon Media, which was sold to ITV in 2009.[11]
Other Works
Concrete Circus (2011)
RTS award-winning and triple
BAFTA nominated
Channel 4 multi-platform project
Big Art