Chris Hastings

Chris Hastings

Executive Producer & Editorial Manager

WORLD

About me

Chris Hastings is the executive producer and editorial manager for WORLD Channel, based at GBH in Boston. At GBH, Hastings has worked with the children’s television program ZOOM and the GBH Lab, an innovative incubator for up-and-coming filmmakers. Hastings joined WORLD Channel in 2011, where he co-created the award-winning documentary series America ReFramed; Local, USA; and Doc World, and provided editorial oversight to the other original series on WORLD Channel. Series in Hastings’ portfolio have won many honors, including a Peabody Award, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a News and Documentary Emmy Awardd. In 2016, Hastings became a Rockwood JustFilms Fellow and was awarded GBH’s Margaret and Hans Rey Curious George in-house producer fellowship.
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History Hits: What we called history

Thursday, October 26, 2023 2:45 PM to 4:00 PM
History Hall
Ruth Berry · Moderator, Producer & Director
Adel Ksiksi · Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Lucie Kon · BBC Storyville
Elisabeth Hagstedt · Histoire TV
Mark Willock · Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden (SWR)

The Great Pitch Session

Friday, October 27, 2023 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
History Hall
Louise Rosen · Moderator, PROGRESS
Cara Mertes · International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS)
Anais Roth · MDR
Lucie Kon · BBC Storyville
Keisha Night · International Documentary Association

Whose history is it? Diversity vs. History

Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:45 PM to 2:00 PM
History Hall
Dawn Porter · Trilogy Films
Louise Rosen · Moderator, PROGRESS
Cara Mertes · International Resource for Impact and Storytelling (IRIS)
Ahmed Mahfouz Nouh · Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Chris Hastings · WORLD

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