Chris Neighbors is a filmmaker and Science Communicator based in San Diego and working everywhere tacos are served.

Chris is a filmmaker with PBS’s NOVA TV Series and a former PBS Accelerator Fellow. Recently, he produced, Legacy of the Land, an award-winning digital series exploring climate change in Native American and Alaskan communities. He also produced NOVA Remix, a first of its kind podcast series that revisits previous NOVA episodes and formats them to be audio forward.

Prior to NOVA, Chris worked in non-fiction and digital filmmaking for brands like National Geographic, NASA, Abbott, Simons Foundation, and more. He has over 15 years of production and science storytelling experience. He holds a bachelor’s in Film from the University of Texas and a Master’s in Conservation from the University of California San Diego.

Away from production, Chris is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and practices native language learning and seed-keeping. He also spends his time searching the Mojave with his wife and daughters. Occasionally, he can be found writing short autobiographies in the third person.