Christopher Cantwell is a writer of comic books that include The Blue Flame, She Could Fly, Everything, Doctor Doom, The Mask, Iron Man, Captain America, and Star Wars- Obi-Wan. He served as an executive producer of the television adaptation of the comic book Paper Girls. Cantwell is also an American writer, producer, and director who has worked in television and film as well. He is best known as one of the two co-creators of the TV series Halt and Catch Fire, for which he also served as a producer, showrunner, screenwriter, and director. He also directed the 2019 film The Parts You Lose.