Christopher Scott Bates

After a long fought battle with esophageal cancer, Christopher Scott Bates passed on June 1st. 2013. Christopher was born in Roanoke, Virginia, on November 4th, 1968. The world has not been the same since. He lived his early years in the southeast before finally landing at home in Thousand Oaks. His love for baseball and soccer was immense and he played both while attending Madrona Elementary and Redwood Middle. Ultimately deciding that baseball was his thing, he played 3rd base for Thousand Oaks High School while making friends that would last a lifetime.

He graduated in 1987 and was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds, but decided to play college ball at San Louis Obispo. Because of unforeseen injuries, baseball came to an end and his other dream of story telling led him to California State Long Beach. There, he pursued a degree in film. He spent the next 18 years of his life hitting home runs and having strikeouts in the Entertainment industry. Travelling the world from China to Brazil, he shot over 25 studio and independent feature films and a short he could call his own.

Chris had experience from development through post-production. In the early days, Chris started work for Filmwerks making action movies in locations all over the world; From 2003-2007, Chris was part of the co-founding management of "MeSoft", a Media Services company that specialized in securely transferring media worldwide for Hollywood Studios and Production Entities.

Recently, Chris prepped "Man of Tai Chi" being directed by Keanu Reeves; and completed the feature film "Man with the Iron Fists" for Universal Pictures, directed by RZA from WuTang Clan. Additionally, the team at Maxmedia has been involved in production, acquisition, and distribution of films from all over the world.

In lieu of flowers, you may donate to The Cancer Support Community Valley Ventura Santa Barbara, 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village, CA, 91361, in memory of Christopher.

Or you may make a donation online at https://www.cancersupportvvsb.org/help/donate.asp.

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