Born and raised in the small town of Farmland, Indiana, screenwriter and producer Chad Law's affinity for film commenced at a remarkably early age, courtesy of his father, Ed, who would take him to genre films such as "The Lost Boys" and "Big Trouble in Little China". This early exposure sparked a passion within Chad and his brother Evan, who went on to create over 75 homemade movies using a video camera gifted to them by their parents, Nancy and Ed, on Christmas. Chad would often "star" in and "direct" these amateur productions, laying the groundwork for a future in the film industry.
Although Chad's creative inclinations were evident from an early age, it wasn't until he was nearing the completion of his college education and had recently seen a vampire movie that he sat down to write his first screenplay, "Night Class". Although the script was never produced, it served as a catalyst for Chad to continue writing, and he went on to pen his next project, an action-horror film titled "Daylight's End", which placed highly in Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Project Greenlight competition shortly after its completion. The film was eventually produced in 2016, directed by William Kaufman and starring Johnny Strong and Lance Henriksen.
Chad's first produced film, the crime-drama "Hero Wanted", starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Norman Reedus, the late Ray Liotta, Tommy Flanagan, Kim Coates, and Jean Smart, entered production in April 2007 for Avi Lerner's Millennium Films. His next project, "The Hit List", starring Cole Hauser and Cuba Gooding, Jr., began production in February 2010 for Sony's Stage 6 Films.
Now a well-established figure in the independent action film world, Chad's writing credits include "Section Eight", starring Ryan Kwanten, Mickey Rourke, Dermot Mulroney, Dolph Lundgren, and Scott Adkins, "Shrapnel", starring Jason Patric and Cam Gigandet, "Six Bullets", starring Jean Claude Van Damme, "The Getback", starring Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Dermot Mulroney, Kim Coates, and Treach, "Close Range", starring Scott Adkins, "Drive Hard", starring John Cusack and Thomas Jane, "Isolation", starring Dominic Purcell, Stephen Lang, Tricia Helfer, and Marie Avgeropoulos, "Beyond The Law", starring Johnny Messner, Steven Seagal, and DMX, "The Shadow Effect", starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Cam Gigandet, and Michael Biehn, "Hollow Point", starring Luke Goss, Jay Mohr, Bill Duke, and Juju Chan, "Lights Out", starring Frank Grillo, Mekhi Pfeiffer, Jamie King, Dermot Mulroney, Scott Adkins, Amaury Nolasco, and Cowboy Cerone, and "BlackWater", which re-teamed Jean Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren and grossed over 8 million dollars in theaters during its opening weekend in China.
