Chase Crawford — Director | Biography, Movies & Career

Biography

Chase Alexander Crawford is an American actor and film producer from Monroe, Ohio. He is known for founding the independent film company Four by Three.

Crawford was born on March 11th, 1996 in New Bern, North Carolina to Susan and Ray Crawford. He attended and graduated from Monroe High School and D Russel Lee Career-Technology Center (a Butler Tech school) in 2014. He landed his first commercial opportunity in 2013, when Taco Bell tapped him to write, direct and act in a campaign to unveil the Fiery Doritos Locos Tacos.

He had his first child and married Alexandra Crawford in early 2015.

After appearing in the 2016 Sundance Film Festival selection Goat alongside James Franco and Nick Jonas, he appeared in 2016 Toronto International Film Festival selection In the Radiant City.

In 2017, Crawford produced his first feature film, Alan and the Fullness of Time, alongside childhood friend Markus Cook. Crawford went on to produce his second feature film Moondance in 2018, and acted in a handful of films including Boy Band, Palace and Worst Christmas Ever.

In early 2020, Crawford and his company executive produced Joe Chrest's dark comedy The Cran. The film was shot in and around Bowling Green, Ohio.

In 2021, Crawford and Four by Three announced the acquisition of a dozen independent films, opening the companies distribution offering to fellow indie filmmakers. Crawford also produced Craig Brown's Shooting Doves and executive produced several independent films and comedy specials.

In December of 2021, Chase Crawford was named to the Forbes Next 1000 list.

In 2022, Crawford announced the launch of Four by Three Comedy. He also signed on to Co-Executive Produce Miguel Faus's debut feature Calladita in February 2022. The project went on to become the first European film funded by NFTs.