Chris Debiec

Christopher Debiec is an award-winning writer/producer/executive with an impressive thirty-five year track record in all aspects of the entertainment industry.
Chris started his career in Orlando, FL with credits including Sylvester Stallone’s Oscar and The Crow for Miramax. Chris relocated to Los Angeles to work on such films as The Devil’s Advocate and Mad City for Warner Brothers, The Out of Towners for Paramount Studios, and the ground breaking “first of its kind” live-action animation Dinosaur for Walt Disney Studios.
In November of 2000, Chris took on the most challenging project of his career to date spending six months in war torn, poverty-stricken Cambodia, as the Production Supervisor on Matt Dillon’s directorial film debut City of Ghosts for MGM/UA.
From 2000-2007 Chris was called on by Academy Award-winning writer/director/producer, James Cameron to supervise both physical and post production for Earthship Productions. The company produced the two-hour LIVE broadcast event entitled Last Mysteries of Titanic and the groundbreaking documentary Expedition: Bismarck for The Discovery Channel, as well as the 3D/HD IMAX films Aliens of the Deep & Ghosts of the Abyss for Walt Disney Pictures. Earthship was nominated for six Emmys with Chris and the team winning one for their production of Expedition: Bismarck.
From 2010 to 2017, Chris was recruited as the Vice President of Production at Entertainment One Television (eOne), where he spearheaded the alternative programming division overseeing the development, production, post-production, and delivery of all projects.
Chris then rejoined forces with the Cameron family, assuming the role of Chief Content Officer for "Human", a pioneering start-up Tech/3-D company owned by John and James Cameron while creating and executive producing a 2-hour documentary for NBC Sports and the United States Olympic Committee entitled - Scouting Camp: The Next Olympic Hopeful.
In 2019, Chris was Production Executive for A24’s The Green Knight, a feature film which shot on location in Ireland for 5 months. Directed by: David Lowery starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Egerton, Sean Harris, Kate Dickie and Ralph Enison.
With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cameron family called upon Chris to serve as COO, overseeing once again the transformation of their tech company, Human Health Organization (H2O) into a Covid-19 rapid testing enterprise. He managed all testing protocols, facilitating over 2800 productions worldwide. Tragically, following the passing of the revered CEO and dear friend, John Cameron, Chris stepped in as interim CEO until the closure of the company in November 2021.
Mr. Debiec relocated to Austin, Texas and as CEO/Founder, immediately established the Texas Media Coalition (TMC), an entertainment advocacy group with the aim of creating a mutually beneficial and sustainable multi-billion-dollar transferable tax-incentive program. This program was developed through a comprehensive analysis of Texas tax law, the needs of the media industry, and successful global and domestic programs. With the strength of the TMC behind it, the state of Texas increased their incentive from $45mm for two years to a game changing $200mm. The biggest increase seen in over ten years.
Currently, as CEO of Civilized Entertainment LLC, Chris has built an award-winning studio focusing on the development and production of content directly related to Science, Technology, Environment, Art, Space, Expedition, Exploration, Medical and Historical Events.