Chris Gerolmo is a Golden Globe nominated screenwriter,[1] director,[1] and singer-songwriter best known for writing the screenplay for the multi-Academy Award nominated film Mississippi Burning and the less successful Miles from Home starring Richard Gere.
He attended Harvard University in the early 1970s graduating with a BA in Writing & Film-making.
In 1995 Gerolmo wrote and directed the made-for-TV movie Citizen X, about the russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo.
[1] Gerolmo's screenplay for Citizen X — based on the book The Killer Department by Robert Cullen – earned him an Emmy nomination, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award.
He also co-created with Steven Bochco the FX Networks military drama series Over There.