Chris Peckover (born 1981 or 1982) is an Australian Canadian filmmaker best known for the horror films Undocumented and Better Watch Out.

[1][2] Peckover was born in Montreal and holds dual citizenship in Canada and Australia as his mother is Australian.

He later graduated from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California.

[3] A year after graduating from the University of Southern California, Peckover sold the script to his first feature film, Undocumented.

[4] Peckover's second feature, the holiday horror film Better Watch Out, was released in 2016.