Born and raised in the west end of Toronto, Canada, Chris Strikes began his film career in music videos, where he worked with the likes of Kardinal Offishall, Karl Wolf, Classified, Saukrates, Ray J, and Machel Montano. From there, Chris expanded into creating branded video content and promotional videos for companies, athletes and music artists; as well as working on narrative productions. To date, Chris has directed six short films and his work has been featured in festivals around the globe.

When he's not directing, Chris provides valuable experience and a skilled pair of hands working on sets of other productions, or an cutting eye and strong attention to detail, offline editing projects.