Chris Shepherd (born 11 December 1967) is a double BAFTA nominated British television/film writer, graphic novelist and director.

His first job in the industry was as production manager at Speedy Films which was the creative vehicle for director Paul Vester.

During the same year he animated the world stare-out championship for BBC comedy sketch show Big Train.

He directed and co-wrote a spoof general election series with Peter Holmes called People's Britain for Channel 4 in 2001.

Commissioned by Lupus films he's worked with the likes of David Shrigley, Phil Mulloy and Fred Deakin.

Pop promo collaborations followed with the likes of Holly Johnson, Kurt Wagner, Reverend and The Makers, Lambchop members new electronic band HeCTA and The Wave Pictures.

[citation needed] 2016 saw Shepherd return with another director/writer project for Arte called Johnno's Dead, a loose sequel to his 2003 classic.

Orton wrote prank letters of complaint to poke fun at establishment figures such as vicars, companies and sometimes even his own plays.

The project funded by the Arts Council England and the University of Leicester has seen many comedy writers such as Alec Baldwin, David Quantick, Caroline Moran, Phil Bowker, Arthur Mathews, Jesse Armstrong write new Edna Welthorpe letters.

In addition, Shepherd directed a short animated film called Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs), which featured the voices of Alison Steadman and Robin Sebastian.

[5] In 2020, he created animations for Sara Pascoe's sitcom with illustrator Stephen Collins for BBC 2 called Out Of Her Mind.