About Christopher Null, author of Five Stars! and Half Mast

Christopher Null has been an entertainment and technology writer and editor for more than 10 years. He founded filmcritic.com in 1995 and has worked as Editor-in-Chief of Mobile magazine, Editor-in-Chief of New Architect magazine, Executive Editor for Smart Business (formerly PC Computing) magazine, and Managing Reviews Editor for LAN Times. As a freelance and staff writer, Chris has penned entertainment, business, and high-tech pieces for Wired, Men's Journal, Yahoo! Internet Life, Men's Journal, Working Woman, Computer Gaming World, San Jose Magazine, PC Week/eWeek, Network World, Internet World, The Austin Chronicle, The Austin American-Statesman, Texas Business Weekly, Feedback, and numerous other publications.

Chris also works as a novelist, screenwriter, and filmmaker. His recent projects include publishing Five Stars! How to Become a Film Critic, the World's Greatest Job (2005, Sutro Press), his debut novel Half Mast (2002, Sutro Press), co-authoring the E-Business Technology Forecast (2002, PricewaterhouseCoopers), and co-authoring the Network Administrator's Reference (1999, Osborne/McGraw-Hill). Through Nullkron Productions, a Web video and commercial production house, Chris wrote and produced the commercial "Streetwalker" for icPlanet and directed the short film Scoot! He also wrote, produced, and starred in the short film Pressurecooker, which received raves at nearly a dozen film festival screenings throughout the late '90s. Chris holds a 1996 Master of Business Administration degree from The University of Texas at Austin, where he received the Sord Scholar Award and the Dean's Award for academic merit.

Chris has also been profiled by dozens of publications and programs, including The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, CNN, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, Men's Health, SmartMoney, and National Public Radio's All Things Considered. He has even been quoted by the renowned Roger Ebert in his review of Emma. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter.

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