Today we’d like to introduce you to Chris M. Allport.
Chris M. Allport started singing professionally at the age of four at a Japanese Piano / Sushi restaurant in Northridge, where he performed American Patriotic Anthems alongside traditional Japanese songs like Sakura. Discovered by former Radio City Rockette, Madylin Clark, Chris was thrust into the limelight and signed to a top talent agent.
After an extensive audition process, Allport was picked up by Disney and placed in a live touring group called “Class of 2000.” The troupe was formed in 1990 and was kept together until 2000 when roughly everyone in the group had graduated from college. This was Disney’s entrance into to the Millenial market. While Chris was a performing with the group, producers Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion introduced the teenage Allport to the concept of multi-camera directing and prepped him for working behind the scenes as a TV director after graduation.
Upon receiving top honors from Loyola Marymount, the boutique Allport Production Studio was formed. Chris’ company gained renown for producing and directing films that glorified and honored classical, soundtrack and concert music. He also served associate talent director for the 2000 DNC.
All the while, Allport never let go of his passion and talent for delighting audiences with theatrical panache and dynamic vocal styling. He sang back up for Barbara Streisand at Staples Center, joined the Albert McNeil Jubilee Singers, and can be heard on major film soundtracks including Godzilla (Desplat), Pirates of the Caribbean 3 (Zimmer) and Hook (Williams). Allport also made his mark as a soloist throughout Italy, Poland and France with his touring show, “Mystique.” Mystique eventually came back home for a tour finale in LA, where Maria Newman and the Malibu Coast Orchestra accompanied Allport.
Today, a regimented schedule helps Allport balance his time between writing, directing and performing. He has been able to encompass multiple disciplines successfully by focusing only on one task at a time, achieving the stated artistic goal, and then moving to the next phase of production.
Receiving high praise from Joe Wissert, the producer of Earth, Wind and Fire, the recently acclaimed album, “Arise Awake O Christmas Day,” composed, by Allport, arranged by David Fick, conducted by Jason Gamer, and performed by the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra and Los Angeles Recording Choir, can be found on all major music platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and CD Baby.
Also on iTunes and Audible, Allport has also narrated numerous science fiction novels by acclaimed author Ray J. Perreault; and a new children’s book by Barbara Rew and Cindy Freland.
Most recently, Allport is in the final stages of production of an exciting new Romantic Comedy / Movie-Musical entitled “Emily or Oscar,” a fictional romp through the mind of a young screenwriter who falls in love with an actress, only to discover that they act as a mirror into each other’s soul’s discovering their inner angels and demons. Along that journey, the protagonist, Sam Feldman, runs into interested characters from the past, who appear as muses, such as Charlie Chaplain, Douglas Fairbanks, DW Griffith and Mary Pickford — only to find that one of the four is forcing him to choose between the woman of his heart’s desire, or the pathway to the Oscar. Such a dilemma gets played out comedically, with an all-star ensemble cast, including Stephen Kalinich (Beach Boys), Susan Boyd-Joyce (Happy Days) and Golden-Globe winner Susan Blakely.
Along the way, Allport has directed more than a dozen music videos for the Beach Boys and the TV broadcasts of many orchestral premiers, including “War Horse Suite” (John Williams at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion), and “Star Trek Into Darkness (Michael Giacchino at the Annenberg). He is also the director of a brand new TV series — featuring sports stars, who are sharing their unique perspective on what it takes to win — entitled “Sports Stories with Denny Lennon.”
There is little time for moss to grow under the award-winning Allport’s feet, and there is not much in the entertainment industry that he hasn’t tackled and risen to major challenges. Allport is well-known through the industry for bringing projects in on-time and under-budget.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
Allport has never looked at obstacles or challenges as deal-breakers. They will always come up. There will never be enough money, time or energy to do what you want to do unless you generate it. Many people give up in the face of obstacles, but not Allport. He views challenges as an opportunity to learn new skill sets and implement them quickly to breakthrough. Where most people may look to increase budget to overcome an issue, Allport looks to increase creative thinking and leveraging local talent to maximize their own performance.
Alpha Command Unit / Allport Productions – what should we know? What do you do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Alpha Command Unit / Allport Production Studios International is constantly evolving to win within major production models. From music to movies and everything in between, this small boutique company is a local economic multiplier and employs a large variety of artistic freelancers.
Christopher Allport is gifted at understanding the artistic moment of client’s projects and needs and subsequently delivering top technical resources, simple fixes and native environment talent who can create magic in any artistic performance situation.
What sets Allport aside from the rest is his ability to understand what is needed right now and adapt to that moment with the correct enterprise apparatus with near-zero latency.
Allport is also working towards net-zero emissions and has converted studio energy needs to renewables.
At an award-winning level, Alpha Command Unit is able to produce the following content within our wheelhouse:
• Records
• Movies
• TV
• Screenplays
• Live Concerts
• Digital Literary / Audio Books
• Studio Design & Implementation
• Talent Acquisition
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
Success means so much more than the chart on your 401k heading north! To Allport, financial assets are just a tool to leverage the production of content — music, stories, and motion picture that influence our culture — making us all want to reach a little bit higher!
With many rubrics of success, Allport knows that the definition of success for one person is completely different for someone else. As such, he unifies by asking for the best from people and not accepting mediocre results.
Allport wants to give his clients the best and expects the best from collaborators, crew and talent.
Contact Info:
- Address: 10061 Riverside Drive
#1017 Toluca Lake, CA 91602 - Website: AllportProductions.com
- Phone: 818.732.9901
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmallport/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AllportProductions/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/allportprods?lang=en
- Other: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-m-allport-2a68817, EmilyorOscar.com
Image Credit:
Sarah Block, Bruce Allport, Ismaël Lotz, Nicholas Beck, Nathalie David, Keith Schultz
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