Christopher Llewellyn Reed is a filmmaker, film critic and Chair of the Film & Moving Image Department at Stevenson University. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University, in Slavic Languages and Literatures (concentration in Russian), an M.A from Yale University, in Russian and East European Studies (concentration in Russian Film), and an M.F.A. from the Graduate Film Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. 

Chris is the lead film critic for Hammer to Nail, a website devoted to independent cinema, and writes occasional reviews and pieces for Bmoreart and Film Festival Today. He also blogs regularly about cinema at chrisreedfilm.com. In addition, he is the host of Dragon Digital Media‘s award-winning Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed and is a regular film commentator on The Baltimore Sun‘s “Roughly Speaking” podcast. Finally, he is also the author of Film Editing: Theory and Practice. He tweets @chrisreedfilm.