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Chris Helton

Chris Helton

Producer, director and actor

Chris Helton is the founder and CEO of Silver Line Films, Inc. a film finance and production company that works with various producers on structuring finance and distribution. He was born in Austin, TX. Mr. Helton began his film career as an actor in 2000 after serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. In the years since he began, Mr. Helton has produced thousands of hours of film and television programming, marketing DVD productions, and online video campaigns. He has a passion for the creative side and the financial side. Chris is a combat veteran who uses his experience to create a clear vision for success for the films he produces. He has worked with veteran actors such as Jeff Fahey, Judd Nelson and Casper Van Dien.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Producer, director and actor
Titles
4 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 21% in 30 days

What are Chris Helton's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Morality
28%
Survival
21%
Self
14%
Power
8%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 0 · Serious 3 · Dark 1

Grounded 3 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 2

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 1 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
3
Dread
2
Bittersweet
1
Melancholic
1
Romantic
1
Other
2

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 Helton's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Chris Helton'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

6 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.

  • Gaskins: The Hitchhiker Killer(2026)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • The Final Run(2025)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Blood Lust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Editor · Producer · Story

  • Happy Birthday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Director · Editor · Producer · Writer

  • Dead Water(2019)

    Director · Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
  • Runnin' from My Roots(2018)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 6 titles from 2018 to 2026.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 6: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting4 of 6: 1 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting2 of 6: 0 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing5 of 6: 1 only producing, 4 with another roleEditing2 of 6: 0 only editing, 2 with another role

6 titles, 4 with more than one role — producing and directing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s2 · 1 acting · 2 crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Chris Helton's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 8th percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 17th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

17thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

4thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 4 titles, by percentile

  • Below 25th4

Reviewers score the atmosphere 60/100 and the pacing 30/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

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.

Who does Chris Helton work with?

People who share at least 2 of Chris Helton's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jason Usry shares the most, 3.

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers