Christopher Schier was born in 1971 in Austria. He studied psychology and journalism before moving into commercial filmmaking. He started in the mid-90s writing scripts, short stories and children's books and worked as Production assistant and recording manager for television productions. Here he discovered his passion for the medium of film. 

Since the end of 2000 he is a freelance director for commercials and has worked on advertising campaigns for, among others, Austrian Railways, Erste Bank, Spark 7, Media Markt, Skoda,

Obi Baumarkt, A1, 3, Austrian Airlines, Coca Cola, Fanta, Keli, Mömax.

In the fall of 2006 he was instrumental in developing the mixed media campaign "Dad's Dead" for Media Markt and directed the 45-minute film "Dad's Dead".  The film received acclaim from the advertising community in austria and was shortlisted at Cannes in 2007.

Since 2008, he has also been shooting advertising for the successful TV Comedy program "Wir sind Kaiser!" from the Comedy Zuspieler network and directed three episodes of the new 45-minute drama TV series "Copstories" in 2012.