The Chosen : Volume 1

Dallas Jenkins directed and produced over a dozen feature and short films before creating The Chosen, the largest crowd-funded media project of all time. He and his wife, Amanda Jenkins, lead creator of The Chosen’s additional content, currently live in Texas with their four children.

Ryan Swanson is a screenwriter and producer from St. Paul, Minnesota. He was educated at Macalester College before moving to Los Angeles where he worked extensively in feature film development at Sony Pictures and at Warner Bros. for Academy Award winner, Akiva Goldsman. His television credits include JJ Abrams’ sci-fi series, Fringe, and the critical and audience hit, The Chosen, which he co-writes and executive produces.

Tyler Thompson brings a wealth of writing and behind-the-camera experience to the global hit series, The Chosen. After initial work as an editor, he was Dallas’ co-writer on multiple vignettes and short films portraying Jesus. He is the author of the stage play Hawthorn, and the founder and host of Fixed Abode, a 501©(3) organization that produces a variety of shows to raise money for social change. When not writing, he can be found hiking and camping in the mountains, seeking to merge creative expression with a life lived close to the ground.

Chris Wood, a.k.a. “Big Chris” is a professional graphic artist whose career has included work on video game titles such as Halo 2 and 3 and Pirates of the Caribbean, as well as art development within the music industry. Big Chris’s distinctive “dark pop” style can also be seen on magazine covers, national TV commercials, and Hollywood movies. He and his wife, Q, started Corvus Comics and began creating comics and graphic novels for the highly successful TV series, The Chosen. They now lead a talented team of artists at David C Cook’s Crux Studios.