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Chris Black is a screenwriter and television producer, from Toledo, Ohio. Black is known for writing and producing mainly science fiction and action series, although he also was a part of the production team of the comedy-drama Desperate Housewives during its first two seasons.^[1]

Black has produced and written episodes of Cleopatra 2525, The Huntress, Sliders, Star Trek: Enterprise,^[2] Hawaii and Standoff. In addition, he has written episodes of several other shows, including Weird Science, Xena: Warrior Princess and Vanished. He also co-wrote the 1997 action movie Masterminds starring Patrick Stewart.

In 2022, Black and Matt Fraction co-created Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for Apple TV+. Black also serves as showrunner.^[3]^[4]

^ Adalian, Josef (20 June 2006). "'Desperate' measure". Variety.
^ "Star Trek: Enterprise Season One Credits". StarTrek.com. Supervising Producer Chris Black
^ Otterson, Joe (19 May 2022). "Godzilla and the Titans Live-Action Series at Apple Sets 'WandaVision's' Matt Shakman to Direct (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety.
^ Kroll, Justin (January 20, 2022). "Apple TV+ Lands Godzilla & Titans Series Based On Legendary's Monsterverse". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 4, 2022.