Born In Staffordshire, Chris Overton began his career as an actor. He worked on various television and film projects with some of the world’s best directors such as Joel Schumacher, Oscar winning director Roman Polanski and was part of the main cast of Bafta award winning film, Pride directed by Matthew Warchus. Although an actor, Chris watched and learnt from the directors intently, even taking a notepad on set to jot down nuggets of information. Using the knowledge he learned, Chris founded the UK’s leading showreel production company at the age of 20. Slick Showreels has been producing a wide range of work including showreels, music videos, pilots, short films and documentaries ever since. The Silent Child is Chris’s first short film as an independent director.