Chris Whipple
Journalist, author and documentary filmmaker
Chris Whipple is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker and author who writes about American politics. He wrote The Gatekeepers, a book on White House chiefs of staff.
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About Chris Whipple
Chris Whipple has worked as a producer at CBS's 60 Minutes and ABC's Primetime, and has won Peabody and Emmy awards. He is chief executive officer of CCWHIP Productions, and he wrote and executive produced the Showtime film The Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs. The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency is a New York Times bestseller. He also wrote The Spymasters, a book about directors of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), published by Scribner in 2020. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post and Vanity Fair, among other publications. He studied history at Yale College and lives in New York City.