Biography

Chris Dane Owens has been enjoying success in a number of different entertainment fields. He's an Emmy nominated television series creator / executive producer and a motion picture producer, as well as an internationally known rock musician. Owens brings it all together with great passion for communicating ideas and storytelling on multimedia platforms.

In television, he has co-created and executive produced shows for Lifetime, Animal Planet, and Style Network (E!), including the #1 rated original series "Instant Beauty Pageant" on the Style Network.

His TV/motion picture company, Biederman/Owens Entertainment, was founded by Owens and eight-time published, best-selling author Jerry Biederman ("Secrets of a Small Town" Dell Publishing). Together they have created more than 300 original concepts for reality series and have sold an impressive 80 formats to networks and production companies in Hollywood and abroad. Buyers include: Twentieth Century Fox, Style Network (E!), Endemol, Steve Harvey, Buena Vista, Lionsgate, The Wolper Organization/Warner Bros. Tribune, Lifetime, LMNO, Gavin Polone/Pariah, Animal Planet, Cosgrove-Meurer, Spectrum, T-Group, 495 Productions, Dick Clark Productions and many others.

His company's first on-air success was "Who Gets the Dog?" on Animal Planet. At the time of broadcast, it held the largest advertising draw in the history of the network.

In scripted production, Biederman/Owens Entertainment has an impressive 14-project miniseries and motion picture deal with The Wolper Organization. It was the largest best-selling book acquisition in the company's history, in association with Warner Bros. Television.

In the music industry, Chris Dane Owens got his first electric guitar when he was 13, and his love affair with singing and playing music has never stopped. In the early days as a recording artist, Owens recorded for SONY in Japan on the "Cipher" movie soundtrack, which was distributed throughout Asia by RCA/Victor. Owens' solo album "Blue Stone" and accompanying "Shine On Me" music video are his most successful musical endeavors to date, capturing the attention of millions of people through television, radio, and the internet. His high fantasy music video, directed by Academy Award winning Visual Efx artist Robert Short ("Beetlejuice," "ET"), was crowned by New Yorker magazine as "The Best Video of the Year." Owens has also received impressive attention from publications, including Rolling Stone and The LA Times, proclaiming, "An internet star is born!"

His music video has been seen on television in many countries, including "Format Court" in Europe, RAGE in Australia (the second longest running music video channel in the world). It's also on TV in America on FUSE, VH1, E! G4, Comedy Central, and Much Music in Canada.

His latest single and music video entitled, "Light Speed," (directed by Owens), continues the epic fantasy adventure, of his "Shine On Me" saga and has been featured in Esquire Magazine. Owens also promoted his newest music video as an on-camera guest on, William Shatner's "Brown Paper Bag Wine Tasting," and the pop culture show, "Dweebcast." Both shows are broadcast on, Larry King's digital network, ORA-TV.

Show business runs in the Owens family. His brother, Scott Owens is an Emmy award winning producer on such hit shows as "Amazing Race," "America's Next Top Model," "America's Most Wanted" and "Rock of Love." Chris' father, Gary Owens, is known to millions for his decades in television and radio. He was one of the stars of NBC's Rowan and Martin's "Laugh In," and has voiced literally thousands of network promos, national commercials and popular cartoons. He's also been inducted into four broadcast Halls of Fame, and has his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (next to Walt Disney).

- IMDb mini biography by: Biederman/Owens Entertainment