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Chris Bender

Chris Bender

Known For Production
Birthday Jan 01, 1971 (54)
Birthplace New Jersey, USA
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 16, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Aug 16, 2025
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Chris Bender (born 1971) is an American film producer whose beginnings were through developing and co-producing an American Pie film series based on his and writer Adam Herz's own high school experiences. In November 1998, he established the management and production company Benderspink with partner ...  J.C. Spink, a fellow alumnus of Bucknell University. Benderspink had a successful first-look deal with New Line Cinema for over 15 years, a first-look deal with Universal Cable Productions, and before that, CBS Studios and Fox 21. In 2016, Bender and Spink split up to pursue forming their own companies. J.C. Spink died in 2017 and was celebrated by industry friends and family at a memorial service. Chris Bender founded Good Fear Content in 2016 with Jake Weiner. The company produces clutter-busting media across theatrical, TV and emerging digital platforms, focusing on nurturing and establishing new voices aspiring to be generation-defining talent. Under the company's banner, Bender's most recent release was as producer on David Robert Mitchell's Under the Silver Lake with Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, and Topher Grace. The film was screened in a Cannes competition and released by A24 domestically in April 2019. In 2020, Amazon Studios released My Spy. Pete Segal directs the film, and Dave Bautista and Kristen Schaal are the stars. That project was followed by Mulan, a live-action version of the classic adventure of a young Chinese maiden disguised as a warrior to save her father. Released by Disney, the film is directed by and stars Yifei Liu, Jet Li, Gong Li, and Donnie Yen. Other projects produced by Bender include the hit comedy We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis; Horrible Bosses 2, starring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, and Charlie Day; and Vacation, starring Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, and Chris Hemsworth, all for New Line. Bender has produced or developed projects that have grown into six franchises in various genres: Final Destination, American Pie, The Ring, Cats & Dogs, The Butterfly Effect, and The Hangover series. Eight of his movies have opened to number one, and Bender was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for A History of Violence. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Bender (film producer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Flowervale Street

Flowervale Street

2025

Executive Producer

My Spy The Eternal City

My Spy The Eternal City

2024

Producer

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023

Executive Producer

Senior Year

Senior Year

2022

Producer

My Spy

My Spy

2020

Producer

Mulan

Mulan

2020

Producer

Cuck

Cuck

2019

Executive Producer

Polaroid

Polaroid

2019

Producer

Under the Silver Lake

Under the Silver Lake

2018

Producer

Tracktown

Tracktown

2017

Executive Producer

Rings

Rings

2017

Executive Producer

Criminal

Criminal

2016

Producer

Ride Along 2

Ride Along 2

2016

Executive Producer

Vacation

Vacation

2015

Producer

Zombeavers

Zombeavers

2014

Producer

Horrible Bosses 2

Horrible Bosses 2

2014

Producer

Ride Along

Ride Along

2014

Executive Producer

We're the Millers

We're the Millers

2013

Producer

I Am Number Four

I Am Number Four

2011

Executive Producer

The Hangover Part II

The Hangover Part II

2011

Executive Producer

Arthur

Arthur

2011

Producer

Leap Year

Leap Year

2010

Producer

The Hole

The Hole

2009

Executive Producer

The Hangover

The Hangover

2009

Executive Producer

Insanitarium

Insanitarium

2008

Producer

The Ruins

The Ruins

2008

Producer

The Butterfly Effect 2

The Butterfly Effect 2

2006

Producer

Red Eye

Red Eye

2005

Producer

A History of Violence

A History of Violence

2005

Producer

The Ring Two

The Ring Two

2005

Co-Executive Producer

Just Friends

Just Friends

2005

Producer

Monster-in-Law

Monster-in-Law

2005

Producer

The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

2004

Producer

American Wedding

American Wedding

2003

Producer

Cheats

Cheats

2002

Producer

American Pie 2

American Pie 2

2001

Co-Producer

Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs

2001

Executive Producer

Final Destination

Final Destination

2000

Associate Producer

American Pie

American Pie

1999

Co-Producer

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