FILMMAKER | SPEAKER | AUTHOR
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris Hennessy has spent nearly three decades (1990-2018) telling stories that matter—first through producing 1,500+ professional films and now through personal projects that have garnered millions of views and national recognition.
Hennessy is an award-winning filmmaker, author, and speaker who serves on the board of the California Writers Club in Sacramento.
From 1990 to 2018, Hennessy was at the forefront of the San Francisco Bay Area's independent corporate and social filmmaking scene. He promoted, marketed, sold, and produced over 1500 professional films for clients, including Google, eBay, the SF 49ers, Deloitte, Office Max, and The American Cancer Society.
Since retiring from professional filmmaking in 2018, and despite battling stage IV prostate cancer since 2020, Hennessy has achieved remarkable success across multiple media. His television series Yolo YoYo’s won Best New TV Cable Series, 2019, Access Sacramento. The twelve episodes received nearly 125,000 fan views on Facebook (TV stats unavailable).
Miracles on College Street, the show's January 2021 season two premiere, a short documentary Hennessy wrote, directed, and produced to publicize his memoir, Touched by Hannah, "won the 'Film Heals' award at the 2022 Manhattan Film Festival, which recognizes filmmakers who use cinema to promote peace, positive change, and provide inspiration.”
Miracles was also runner-up, 'Best Episode West Coast' at the 2022 ACM Western Region WAVE Cable TV Awards in San Jose, CA.
Hennessy regularly speaks at writers' conferences and continues to win film awards while building his fan base through his monthly HennSchtick personal publication (newsletter).
Additional film awards include 'Best Film' at the 2021 Yuba City Arts & Culture Film Festival. His Comedy Club Anniversary Roast, with Hennessy hosting, was a top-five finalist for 'Best Film' at the 2022 Houston Comedy Film Festival.
The final Yolo YoYo’s episode, The Stage, Following Our Wildest Dreams, won 'Best Narrative Episode West Coast' at the 2022 ACM Western Region WAVE Cable TV Awards.
Hennessy’s Hennflix YouTube channel has 4,172,000 video views, and his combined additional platforms add 2.7 million views, for a total of more than 6.8 million views.