Christopher Renz

Bush Renz collaborated with Harry Belafonte in 2016 to produce a PSA about police brutality entitled "Against the Wall".{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/biz/news/michael-b-jordan-police-violence-psa-danny-glover-michael-k-williams-1201886981/|title=Michael B. Jordan, Danny Glover, Others Star in Chilling Police Violence PSA|first1=Arya|last1=Roshanian|date=October 12, 2016}} The work starred Michael B. Jordan, Michael K. Williams, and Danny Glover. In 2017, they wrote and directed a short film for the song "Kill Jay Z", from Jay Z’s album 4:44,{{Cite web|title=JAY-Z Shares Music Video For "Kill Jay Z"|url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/07/21/jay-z-music-video-kill-jay-z|access-date=2021-08-11|website=The FADER|language=en}} followed by a music short for Maxwell ("The Glass House") and music videos for Khalid and Normani.

In 2020, Bush Renz released their first feature-length work, the high-concept horror thriller film Antebellum. Starring Janelle Monáe, Eric Lange, Jena Malone, Jack Huston, Kiersey Clemons, and Gabourey Sidibe, Antebellum follows a 21st Century African-American woman who mysteriously finds herself in a Southern slave plantation. In an NPR interview, Renz said of the film, "we feel that horror is a great way in for general audiences who may not . . . normally receive a message like this. So we kind of want to hide the medicine inside this - what seems to be a horror film so that you walk away a different person."{{Cite web|title='Antebellum': A Movie That Uses Horror To Process America's Racial Problems|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914519499/antebellum-a-movie-that-uses-horror-to-process-americas-racial-problems|access-date=2021-08-11|website=NPR|language=en}}

Antebellum received a polarized response upon release. David Ehrlich of IndieWire wrote, "An artful and provocative movie about the enduring horror of America's original sin, Antebellum can't follow through on its own concept."{{Cite web|last=Ehrlich|first=David|date=2020-08-31|title='Antebellum' Review: Janelle Monáe's American Horror Story Trips on Its Own Wild Twists|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/antebellum-review-janelle-monae-1234583479/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=IndieWire|language=en}} Conversely, Out called Antebellum one of the year's most innovative films,{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Meet the Gay Couple Behind 2020's Most Polarizing Film, 'Antebellum'|url=https://www.out.com/print/2020/11/16/meet-gay-couple-behind-2020s-most-polarizing-film-antebellum|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.out.com|language=en}} while Peter Debruge of Variety called the film a "wickedly effective horror-movie metaphor for white supremacy’s enduring grip on American society," and included it on his list of the ten best films of 2020.{{Cite web|first1=Peter|last1=Debruge|last2=Gleiberman|first2=Owen|date=2020-12-08|title=The Best Films of 2020|url=https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-2020-streaming/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

Projects in development include an HBO Max TV drama series entitled Inkwell,{{Cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=2020-12-21|title='Inkwell' Drama From Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz in Works At HBO Max|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/inkwell-drama-gerard-bush-christopher-renz-hbo-max-1234658983/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} and a second feature film called Rapture.{{Cite web|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=2020-05-01|title=Lionsgate Lands 'Rapture' From Directors Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/lionsgate-lands-rapture-directors-gerard-bush-christopher-renz-1292800/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US}}

In June 2020, amidst the protest movement following the murder of George Floyd, Renz and Bush took the reins of Lionsgate's Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook feeds, posting an image of a Confederate monument overlaid with Black Lives Matter protest art. Subsequent posts included short videos of James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, and Nina Simone discussing racism, and a biographic-themed post on the killing of Breonna Taylor. "We want to educate," said Renz, remarking on the Taylor post. "So many people are speaking about [these issues] on social media, but a large percentage of the population doesn’t know who [Taylor] is, so we thought it was important to highlight that."{{Cite web|last=LaPorte|first=Nicole|date=2020-06-29|title=These filmmakers turned their studio's social media into a platform for Black Lives Matter|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90521890/these-filmmakers-turned-their-studios-social-media-into-a-platform-for-black-lives-matter|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}

Renz was born and raised in Connecticut. He now lives in Malibu, California with husband Bush.

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