American filmmaker Christopher Münch was BOTD in 1962. Born in Pasadena, California, he grew up with his mother in La Jolia, San Diego. He developed an early interest in filmmaking, directing a documentary in his teens about animals at the San Diego Zoo. He is best known for his 1991 film The Hours and Times, a fictionalised account of the erotically-charged friendship between John Lennon and gay Beatles manager Brian Epstein. Widely acclaimed, the film won a special prize at the Sundance Festival. His subsequent films include Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day, The Sleepy Time Gal, and Harry and Max, the story of brothers involved in an incestuous relationship. Munch has been a Guggenheim Fellow, recipient of the Film Independent Spirit Awards’ Someone to Watch Award, and has been featured in two Whitney Biennial exhibitions. His film The 11th Green, speculating on the folklore of UFOs and American presidents, was released in 2020.