Christian Scheider
American actor
Christian Scheider is an American writer, filmmaker, actor and stage artist.
Early life
Scheider was born in New York City, the son of actor Roy Scheider and actress Brenda Siemer. Christian Scheider is a graduate of Bard College, where he received a B.A. in Philosophy and studied film and theater. He attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. He worked for three years as a peer and tutor in the Bard Prison Initiative, which offers B.A. and A.A. degrees to inmates serving terms in maximum security prisons. Also while at Bard, Scheider studied filmmaking and performed in many theatrical productions.
Career
Film
Scheider heads video production for The Sunny Center in Ireland, a post-exoneration residential community. In 2020, Scheider produced films for The Bard Prison Initiative and Blue Meridian Partners.
His first documentary, A Dream Conferred about progressive education in Long Island, won the Youth Jury Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005. In 2012, Scheider co-produced and co-edited The Marfan Question, commissioned in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Medical Center for their interactive video resource program for people living with Marfan syndrome.
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