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| '''Chris Heimerdinger''' (born ], ]) is an American ] and member of ] (LDS Church)<ref name="Hinton"/> who has written sixteen |
'''Chris Heimerdinger''' (born ], ], ], ], ]) is an American ] and member of ] (LDS Church)<ref name="Hinton"/> who has written sixteen novels for young people and adults, most of which center on religious themes familiar to ]s. | ||
| ==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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Heimerdinger's father was a professor in theatre at ]. His parents divorced when he was four years old and his mother remarried. Heimerdinger has one older brother and two younger sisters. | ||
| Heimerdinger was active in high school theatre and drama and in competitive speech and oratory, where he excelled in Wyoming High School competitions for three years in the categories of Humor, Oratory, and Drama.<ref>"State Contest Winners", Cody Enterprise, 26 November 1980</ref> He began to write books at the age of 7, and continued through high school.<ref>"Heimerdinger Aims for Film Career" Mark Marymee, Cody Enterprise, 12 March 1981</ref> He also began making ] films beginning in junior high, and showed these films to the scholarship committee of ] in 1981, earning a full scholarship in 'Theatre and Cinematic Arts'.<ref name="Barney">BYU Daily Universe - Barney J, "Student loves direction: Hopes to help world with movies, mission". August 22 1983</ref> | Heimerdinger was active in high school theatre and drama and in competitive speech and oratory, where he excelled in Wyoming High School competitions for three years in the categories of Humor, Oratory, and Drama.<ref>"State Contest Winners", Cody Enterprise, 26 November 1980</ref> He began to write books at the age of 7, and continued through high school.<ref>"Heimerdinger Aims for Film Career" Mark Marymee, Cody Enterprise, 12 March 1981</ref> He also began making ] films beginning in junior high, and showed these films to the scholarship committee of ] in 1981, earning a full scholarship in 'Theatre and Cinematic Arts'.<ref name="Barney">BYU Daily Universe - Barney J, "Student loves direction: Hopes to help world with movies, mission". August 22 1983</ref> | ||
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Chris Heimerdinger (born August 26, 1963, Bloomington, Indiana, USA) is an American author and member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) who has written sixteen novels for young people and adults, most of which center on religious themes familiar to Latter-day Saints.
Early life
Heimerdinger's father was a professor in theatre at Indiana University. His parents divorced when he was four years old and his mother remarried. Heimerdinger has one older brother and two younger sisters.
Heimerdinger was active in high school theatre and drama and in competitive speech and oratory, where he excelled in Wyoming High School competitions for three years in the categories of Humor, Oratory, and Drama. He began to write books at the age of 7, and continued through high school. He also began making super-8 films beginning in junior high, and showed these films to the scholarship committee of Brigham Young University in 1981, earning a full scholarship in 'Theatre and Cinematic Arts'. Heimerdinger read the Book of Mormon at age 18, during his first semester at college, and was converted to the Mormon faith on Oct. 10, 1981.
Books and films
Heimerdinger is the author of the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series. His first published work was Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites (1989), based on events in the Book of Mormon. Nine books followed in the series, which features children who discover a secret room capable of transporting its visitors back in time. The first books in the series were intended to be a fictional account of the Book of Mormon, while later ones explore other historical eras, including Ancient Rome, Israel during the Roman destruction in A.D. 73, and the time period of the Tower of Babel. Unusually for children's books they include notes at the end of each chapter.
In 2008 Heimerdinger was among the top 10 list of LDS authors as chosen by Mormon Times readers.
In 2005, Heimerdinger began production of Passage to Zarahemla. Originally written in 1999 as "Summer of the Nephite" it was published as a novel, Passage to Zarahemla in 2003. The film was released October, 2007 and with 185 special effects shots, "features the most special effects of any LDS-themed film to date". It was released on DVD in June 2008.
Works
Novels
Published by Covenant Communications in American Fork, Utah except A Return to Christmas published by Random House/Ballantine in 1995.
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Other books ISBN
ISBN 0804118264
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Music CDs
- Whispered Visions--Original Songs From the Motion Picture Passage to Zarahemla
Films
- The Wolves (1987): Drama about a grade-school boy's club. Produced, written, and directed by Chris while a student at Brigham Young University. Distributed by Phoneix Films, BFA.
- Lehi's Land of First Inheritance (2003): Documentary on Book of Mormon geography produced by Newlight Productions, Written by Chris Heimerdinger and Joseph Allen. Directed by Chris Heimerdinger (Dist. by Newlight Prod. and Sounds of Zion, Inc.)
- Passage to Zarahemla (2007), a feature-length action/adventure/fantasy movie Written and Directed by Heimerdinger. Released to theaters October 15 2007.
See also
Notes
- ^ Tyler Hinton, "LDS Author Writes, Directs Sci-Fi Film", BYU NewsNet, 2007-03-30, accessed 2008-05-12.
- "State Contest Winners", Cody Enterprise, 26 November 1980
- "Heimerdinger Aims for Film Career" Mark Marymee, Cody Enterprise, 12 March 1981
- ^ BYU Daily Universe - Barney J, "Student loves direction: Hopes to help world with movies, mission". August 22 1983
- Heimerdinger left this title in the comments on this blog
- Book in production
External links
- Chris Heimerdinger at IMDb
- Book of Mormon Adventures: Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites: About the Author
- Brian Mickelsen, "Travellers' Inside Scoop: Sacred Sites - Land of Bountiful: Book of Mormon Symposium at Sea", Meridian Magazine, 2001, accessed 2008-05-12
- Richard H. Cracroft, "Through a Glass, Brightly: Happenings in Book of Mormon Fiction: Review of Daniel and Nephi; Samuel, Moroni's Young Warrior by Chris Heimerdinger & Clair Poulson", FARMS Review of Books, vol. 6, no. 2 (1994) pp. 118–121