Christin Marie Baker is an American producer, director, and screenwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. She is the founder and CEO of Tello Films, a streaming network, production, and distribution company of films and web series with a lesbian focus.
Early life and education Baker is originally from Indiana but grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She attended Middle Tennessee State University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Television Production. In addition, Baker earned a Master's of Organizational Development and Management for Non-Profit Organizations from Springfield College.
Career Baker was interested in broadcast journalism and held an internship at a local station, but after a spell on a movie set as an extra shifted toward film-based storytelling. She worked for Regency Productions in Los Angeles, before moving to a television credits position with the Writers Guild of America. She worked for the YMCA of the USA, overseeing the arts and humanities programs.
In 2007, Baker co-founded Tello Films as an open platform that supported filmmakers who made content for the lesbian community. The site moved to a premium subscription service in 2009 and Baker started producing and directing content for it.
Personal life Baker married Deborah ("Deb") Mell, an American politician from Chicago, in 2011. They divorced in 2014.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes 2008 Human Potential Short film (as Christin Mell) 2012 The Throwaways 2014 God Des & She: Never Give Up Short film, documentary (as Christin Mell) 2018 Alice & Iza Short film 2019 Riley Parra: Better Angels 2019 Season of Love 2020 I Hate New Year's 2021 Christmas at the Ranch 2022 Merry and Gay
Television Year Title Director Producer Writer Notes 2011 McManusLand (as Christin Mell) 2011 Cowgirl Up (as Christin Mell) 2012 I Hate Tommy Finch TV movie 2013 Gay Street Therapy 2013 The Neighbors Mini-series (as Christin Mell) 2013 Roomies (as Christin Mell) 2013 Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files (as Christin Mell) 2014 The Pitch Show Mini-series 2014 Rent Controlled TV movie 2014–2015 #Hashtag: The Series 2015 Plus One Mini-series 2015 Maybelle Nomination: International Academy of Web Television award for Best Writing (Bridget McManus), Best Original Score (Karman Kregloe) Won: London Raindance Film Festival award for Best Director (Christin Baker) 2016 Dana Goldberg Comedy Show TV special 2016 Skirtchasers TV movie 2016 Bridget McManus Comedy Special 2016 Dagger Kiss 2016 The List TV movie 2016 Full Out Mini-series 2017 secs & EXECS Nomination: Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series (Mindy Sterling) 2017–2018 Riley Parra 2019 Passage 2019 Happy Wife, Happy Life: Marriage Advice from Happily Married Non-Experts Talk show
See also List of female film and television directors List of lesbian filmmakers List of LGBT-related films directed by women
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