Chris H. Lynn is a filmmaker and sound artist from the United States. His digital images and Super 8 films explore the subtle rhythms of movement, light, and sound in urban and rural landscapes that vary from the Eastern shores of Maryland, U.S. to Nanjing, China.

His work has been shown at the Tanami Theater in Kumano, Japan, Swithcboard Gallery, Berlin, Germany, Librairie Avant-Garde, Nanjing, China, UNZALAB in Milan, Italy, American Film Institute (AFI) in Silver Spring, Md, BFI Southbank, UK Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinamericano Habana, Cuba, Goethe Institut, Washington D.C., The Anthology Film Archives, NYC, Heritage Film Festival, MD, and a variety of venues internationally. His work was featured in the book Cinema and the Audiovisual Imagination by Robert Robertson.

Since 2021, he has collaborated with Japanese sound artist Hiroko Komiya on sound projects and audiovisual live performances with dancers ( Vienna, Austria 2022, Warsaw, Poland, 2023, Barcelona, Spain, 2023, Mexico, Mexico City 2024, Hong Kong, Athens, Greece, Kumano, Japan).

He currently hosts the monthly radio program Beyond Encounters on Camp Radio

His sound works  have been published on Impulsive Habitat, Verz Imprint, Green Field Recordings, Kandala Records, Plus Timbre and Echomusic and have appeared on radio programs worldwide.

Chris curated the Experimental Film Program Urban/Rural Landscapes for the Utopia Film Festival in Greenbelt, Maryland from 2005 until 2015. He also curated the 2010 Takoma Park/Silver Spring Experimental Film Festival.

He was the filmmaker in residence at the Hyattsville Library in Maryland from 1/15 to 9/15.

He was also Artist in Residence at the Chance House residency during the summer of 2015, which explored the Chesapeake Bay and the Eastern Shore’s sounds and landscapes.  The entire work was presented on November 1, 2016 at Salisbury University in Maryland.

To rent or buy the Films: From Chance to Deal, River Thoughts, and  Scenes from 10 Walks  distributed by The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, New York go here

For screenings, curating, or speaking engagements send a message to:
Chrishenrylynn@gmail.com