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Christian P. Della Penna

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Producer
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Christian P. Della Penna is known for Men in Black II (2002), Village of the Damned (1995) and Escape from L.A. (1996).
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    Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith in Men in Black II (2002)
    Men in Black II
    6.2
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 2002
    Village of the Damned (1995)
    Village of the Damned
    5.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit)
    • 1995
    Kurt Russell in Escape from L.A. (1996)
    Escape from L.A.
    5.7
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 1996
    Kate Beckinsale, Shuler Hensley, Hugh Jackman, Richard Roxburgh, and Will Kemp in Van Helsing (2004)
    Van Helsing
    6.1
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(second unit, Prague)
    • 2004

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Matt Barr, Katherine McNamara, and Justin Johnson Cortez in Walker: Independence (2022)
      Walker: Independence
      6.9
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2022–2023
    • Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Logan Lerman, Louis Ozawa, Jerrika Hinton, Kate Mulvany, and Tiffany Boone in Hunters (2020)
      Hunters
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2023
    • Uly Schlesinger, Haley Sanchez, Chase Sui Wonders, Chloe East, Justice Smith, Nathanya Alexander, Lukita Maxwell, and Sydney Mae Diaz in Generation (2021)
      Generation
      7.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2021
    • Nathan Lane, Natalie Dormer, and Daniel Zovatto in Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
      Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
      6.1
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2020
    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016–2019
    • Chambers (2019)
      Chambers
      6.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2019
    • Damson Idris in Snowfall (2017)
      Snowfall
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2017–2018
    • Josh Henderson and Christine Evangelista in The Arrangement (2017)
      The Arrangement
      6.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director: Los Angeles unit
      • first assistant director: LA unit (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2018
    • Ryan Phillippe in Shooter (2016)
      Shooter
      7.5
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2016
    • Beanie Feldstein in American Crime Story (2016)
      American Crime Story
      8.4
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2016
    • Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in Graceland (2013)
      Graceland
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2013–2015
    • Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, and Jeffrey Donovan in Burn Notice (2007)
      Burn Notice
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2013
    • Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski in Chuck (2007)
      Chuck
      8.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director (as Chris Della Penna)
      • 2007–2011
    • Greek (2007)
      Greek
      7.6
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 2009–2011
    • Henry Winkler, Greg Grunberg, Odette Annable, and Josh Cooke in Group Sex (2010)
      Group Sex
      5.0
      Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2010

    Director

    • Party of Five (1994)
      Party of Five
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2000

    Producer

    • Buds (2012)
      Buds
      9.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2012

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      • Chris Dellapena

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