Christina began her career as a punk rock teenager acting in such cult films as Suburbia, Boys next door and Dudes all directed by Penelope Spheeris.
She then went on to New York City and studied at Playwright’s Horizons forming an all-female theatre co. POW (Power of Women) productions Christina wrote, produced and starred in From the Heart premiering at the Samuel Beckett Theatre along with several other off Broadway plays.
After writing, directing and acting in numerous Los Angeles theatre productions Christina wrote and starred in her first short film, Disco Man. Also starring Alan Gelfant (Next stop wonderland) and Annette Murphy (Star Maps). Then went on to make the black and white noir comedy, Blow Me, which screened in The New York underground, The Chicago underground and The
Seattle underground film festivals.
Christina was one of the few women accepted into Fox Searchlight’s new director’s program, Search lab where she directed, wrote and starred in the short film version of her feature film script, Slice which later screened in Cannes.
The American Cinematheque screened her short, So hot for you in the Focus on Females directors program along with Miranda July, Sofia Coppola and Andrea Arnold’s early work. Christina’s The Ophelia project can be seen on Youtube and her short, LONE also starring Pat
Healy screened at The Ballston Spa film festival, NY.
Christina is featured in Media Directions UK, Female Filmmaking Success issue and is also featured in Flaunt magazine’s Big Picture column along with Indie wire about her feature film debut, PERFECTION.
Slice the feature screenplay now titled, PERFECTION was one of five contenders for the
IFP Best screenplay award and the project was a part of the IFP market, selected for the
IFP rough cut labs in New York, winner of The Adrienne Shelly female directing grant and chosen to be IFP’s “Spotlight Screening” of the year sponsored by Time Warner and SAG indie.
PERFECTION ran the festival circuit where Christina won Best Actor and Best Narrative feature at The Oxford film festival, screened in the San Francisco International Women’s film festival, the USA film festival in Dallas, Texas, The Rio cinema, London, The Quad cinema, NYC and Laemmle’s Santa Monica, CA. HOOKER #2 a short film starring Bernard Rose, Jonathan Brugh and Christina Beck that premiered The American Cinematheque’s Focus on Female Directors 2017.

Christina has sat on the juries for The Feminist film festival, London, The USA film festival, Dallas, The South Eastern European film festival and The 100 Word festival in Charlotte NC.
She is co-founder of The Female Filmmaking Collective, a member of Film Fatales and Alliance of women directors.

Christina is a lecturer at Loyola Marymount University in the film and television department in Los Angeles, CA. and was PT instructor at The New York Film Academy teaching feature screenwriting, character development and directing along with ongoing filmmaking seminars.

Upcoming projects include, POSEUR a punk rock pilot and EXPECTING GRACE a dark romantic comedy set in Marseilles France.