
Chris Terrio
Writer · Born December 31, 1976 (49) · New York City, New York, USA
Oscar winner · Golden Globe nominee · BAFTA Award nominee · 2 other major award bodies
Chris Terrio (born December 31, 1976) is an American screenwriter and film director. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 2012 film Argo, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Terrio also won the Writers Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay of 2012 and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay, a BAFTA, and the 2013 Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for this work. Terrio wrote the screenplay for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the follow-up to Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, based on an earlier draft by David S. Goyer, and is credited as co-writer for the 2017 film Justice League, alongside Joss Whedon for the theatrical cut and Zack Snyder and Will Beall for the 2021 director's cut for Warner Bros. He completed another screenplay, A Foreigner, based on an article by the journalist David Grann. Terrio also co-wrote the script for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with director J. J. Abrams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Terrio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- December 31, 1976 (49)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Writer
- 6 on MovieCove · 10 credits in all
Known for
What are Chris Terrio's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 0 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 1 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 4
Gentle 0 · Charged 0 · Intense 5
Steady 0 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 3
Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 3
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Chris Terrio's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Chris Terrio's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
10 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Justice League(2017)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Argo(2012)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Damages(2007)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Heights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Book of Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Richard II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

Sunset Boulevard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 10 titles, 8 of them dated from 2002 to 2021.

Biggest box office
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

Highest rated
Argo (2012)

Most popular right now
Justice League (2017)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
an Oscar and 1 other major award from 5 major nominations, 2013.
- Oscar, won · Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Golden Globe, nominated · Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
+2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, won · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Chris Terrio's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th1
- 25th to 49th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 6 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser2
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 51/100 and the plot and story 48/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Chris Terrio's work okay for kids?
Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Chris Terrio work with?
People who share at least 2 of Chris Terrio's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ben Affleck shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Zack SnyderShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Zack Snyder

Actors
- Ben AffleckShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Argo (2012)See all 4 shared titles with Ben Affleck

- Amy AdamsShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Amy Adams

- Gal GadotShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Gal Gadot

- Henry CavillShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Henry Cavill

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- David BrennerShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with David Brenner

- Fabian WagnerShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Fabian Wagner

- Tom HolkenborgShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Holkenborg

Producers
- Charles RovenShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Charles Roven

- Deborah SnyderShared titles: Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 3 shared titles with Deborah Snyder

- Geoff JohnsShared titles: Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Geoff Johns



