Chris Milburn spent the initial fourteen years of his professional life working as an actor, both on stage and screen, with a recurring role as 'Dave Inchcape' in the popular television series Rumpole of the Bailey.
In January 1995, Milburn transitioned to producing and established Midsummer Films, a company that has since produced over twenty-five feature films across the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe, the United States, and Asia.
Chris Milburn specializes in securing financing for projects, particularly through tax incentives, and has developed a strong reputation for his expertise in this area.
In 2004, Milburn produced his first film in Romania, "An American Haunting", alongside Andrei Boncea, starring Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek, which achieved success in both the US and international markets.
Other notable projects produced by Chris Milburn include "Relative Values", starring Julie Andrews and Colin Firth, and "Dreaming of Joseph Lees", produced for Fox Searchlight, both directed by Eric Styles.
In 2016, Milburn co-founded Illustrious Media with his business partner, Gareth West, a company that focuses on film finance and production.
Since then, the team at Illustrious have produced a range of films, including "The Hunter's Prayer" starring Sam Worthington, "Hurricane Heist" an action/disaster film starring Toby Kebbell and Maggie Grace, and many others.
Chris Milburn's upcoming production is the action-thriller "The Protégé", directed by Martin Campbell, and starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, and Michael Keaton.
