Chris Dabney, one of Hollywood’s new up & coming filmmakers, has produced a wide range of theater and film projects spanning over a 20-year career.

Dabney’s latest film, “Princess Love”, which he wrote, directed, and produced, recently launched into the international film market in 2024, racking up over 15 festival wins across a total of 40+ categories in its first 8 weeks including “Best Short”, “Best Director”, “Best Producer”, “Best Writer”, “Best Actor”, “Best Actress”, and “Best Original Score”. It stars Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee, Eric Roberts, and future star, Heaven Howard, daughter of Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Terrence Howard. In 2021, he executive produced “BabyGirl” which won over 45 festivals internationally and was acquired by AllBlk.tv in 2022. Other films Dabney has executive produced includes “Just Before Sundown”, and “Sidney”, which he also wrote and directed.

Dabney’s producing resume spans over 20 sold-out theater tours across the U.S. for over 20 years with his long-time business partner, Donald Welch. As a producer, Dabney also received two NAACP Theatre Awards Nominations for Best Ensemble Cast with “The Bachelorette Party” in 2007 and “The Divorce” in 2008. In 2008, he also wrote, directed, and produced the Hollywood sold-out hit stage production, “Pleasantville”, for which he was recognized as “Playwright of the Year” by the County of Los Angeles.

Dabney’s entertainment career began at Philadelphia’s infamous Freedom Theater, a launchpad for famous artists such as James Baldwin, Denzel Washington, August Wilson, and Grover Washington, Jr., to name a few. It was there that he polished his acting skills to begin his career as a performer before developing into a filmmaker in his later years. During such time he had the opportunity to rack up a few acting credits such as “L.A. Forensics”, “MADtv”, and “The Young & the Restless”.

Dabney’s current projects in development which he has written and is producing include the television series, “Pleasantville”, and the features “Undamaged Goods”, “Cleo”, “Here Lies Albert”, “Black Man Road”, and “The Liberator”.

Dabney graduated Summa Cum Laude from Park University where he holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Psychology. He also graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Governor’s University where he holds a Master of Business Administration.