Biography:
Chris Noon is a filmmaker, performer, and visual artist based in Chicago. Growing up in a conservative Southern California suburb, his work explores the psychological entanglements of pain, desire, and identity. He holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, with a background in photography from Santa Monica College and currently enrolled at the Chicago Center of Psychoanalysis.
His early photographic work, rooted in homoerotic aesthetics and transgressive visual language, received juried exhibition placements in 2017 and 2018. Since moving to Chicago, his focus has shifted into filmmaking as a means to add layers to the narratives he found emerging from his still photos. His films has screened around the world, including at the Flat Earth Film Festival (Iceland), San Francisco Porn Film Festival, Porn Film Festival Berlin, and Hacker Porn Film Festival (Italy). His short Hunger received the “Best Silent Film Program” award at the 2023 Pan Eros Film Festival in Seattle and is streamable on the curated site, "pinklabel.tv".
He is currently collaborating with artist John Neff on a documentary about AIDS activist Robert Blanchon and is set to perform in Jessica Bardsley’s forthcoming feature. Noon remains actively engaged in the Chicagoland art scene through screening at institutions such as Space.01 Gallery, No Nation Art Lab, and the Chicago Underground Film Festival. His debut narrative short Punisher premiered at the Gene Siskel Film Center in May of 2025.
You can contact me by emailing me at "chrisqnoon@gmail.com", or messaging me through my instagram, @meatsound.