Chris Temple

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Temple in 2022Education Claremont McKenna College (B.A. in Int'l Relations & Economics)

Chris Temple (born May 20, 1989) is an American documentary filmmaker. In 2012, he co-founded the non-profit production company Optimist with Zach Ingrasci.

Career

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Temple's first documentary was Living on One Dollar in 2012.[1] The film focuses on life in extreme poverty in the rural Guatemalan town of Pena Blanca.[2] It was co-created with Zach Ingrasci, Sean Leonard, and Ryan Christoffersen. The film released on Netflix in 2015.[3]

In 2015, Temple co-directed his second documentary Salam Neighbor.[4] The film documents life inside of the Za'atari refugee camp and was a co-production with 1001 Media. The film premiered at AFI Docs film festival in 2015 and released on Netflix in 2016.[5] The film was awarded the 2016 Muslim Public Affairs Council Annual Media Awards.[6]

Temple's filmography also includes co-directing The Undocumented Lawyer (HBO 2020),[7] Five Years North (PBS, 2020),[8] Free to Care (2022),[9] This Is Not Financial Advice (Fuse, 2023),[10] and Vitalik: An Ethereum Story (Amazon 2025).[11] He produced Rosa - These Storms (The Atlantic, 2016)[12] and ImillaSkate (Nowness, 2025).[13] Temple is also a frequent keynote speaker[14] and contributor to the Huffington Post.[15]

This Is Not Financial Advice, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June 2023. According to Investopedia, it "shows the human side of crypto, meme craze, and influencers." As the Verge put it, "unlike other efforts to document the boom of retail investing, This Is Not Financial Advice isn't a cheap content grab. This beautifully shot and scored documentary from Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci is a genuine, if slightly naive, piece of art."

In 2024, Temple Executive Produced the feature documentary Champions of the Golden Valley. The film is also Executive Produced by Nobel-Laureate Malala Yousafzai and Emmy and Tony nominated actor, Arian Moayed. The Oscar-qualified film was acquired in December 2025 by the Olympics.com.[16]

Optimist and Temple's 2025 feature documentary, State of Firsts, follows Rep. Sarah McBride's history-making campaign as the first transgender person ever to be elected to Congress.[17][18] The film is directed by Chase Joynt. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in June, 2025.[19]

Directing filmography

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Year Title Director Producer Exec Producer Note Watch
2026 State of Firsts Green tickY Feature Documentary
2025 Champions of the Golden Valley Green tickY Feature Documentary The Olympics.com
2025 ImillaSkate Green tickY Green tickY Short Documentary Nowness
2025 Vitalik: An Ethereum Story Green tickY Green tickY Feature Documentary Tubi
2024 All Things Metal Green tickY Short Documentary Rolling Stone
2023 This Is Not Financial Advice Green tickY Green tickY Feature Documentary Fuse & Tubi
2023 Abundance Green tickY Short Documentary YouTube
2022 Free to Care Green tickY Green tickY Short Documentary Documentary+
2022 Paperboy Love Prince Green tickY Short Documentary YouTube
2021 Five Years North Green tickY Green tickY Feature Documentary PBS
2021 The Urchin Diver Green tickY Short Documentary YouTube
2020 The Undocumented Lawyer Green tickY Green tickY Short Documentary HBO
2016 For My Son Green tickY Short Documentary YouTube
2016 Salam Neighbor Green tickY Green tickY Feature Documentary Netflix
2015 Rosa - These Storms Green tickY Short Documentary The Atlantic
2012 Living on One Dollar Green tickY Green tickY Feature Documentary Netflix

Awards

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  • 2015 Top 100 Visionary Leaders by Real Leaders Magazine[20]
  • 2017 Daily Point of Light Award[21]
  • 2020 DuPont-Columbia Award Finalist for outstanding journalism[22]
  • 2022 Imagen Award Finalist[23]
  • 2022 40 Under 40 by HBO and DOC NYC[24]
  • 2024 Nominee for the Astra Award for Best Feature Documentary[25]

References

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