Christine Swanson

A heartfelt, visionary storyteller from Detroit, Michigan, Christine’s most recent movie directing credit is the records breaking THE CLARK SISTERS: THE FIRST LADIES OF GOSPEL, starring Academy Award nominee Aunjanue Ellis. Some of Christine’s episodic television directing credits include CHICAGO P.D., P-VALLEY, FBI, ALL AMERICAN, FOUND, ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING, MACGYVER and ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO. Her memorable episode of CHICAGO P.D., entitled “Black and Blue,” was rated “Best Episode” of Season 6 by Fansided. Christine resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband of 29 years, studio executive and producer Michael Swanson, and their four children.

FIERCE: THE PATTI LABELLE STORY (TV series)
Over six episodes, spanning seven decades, with a soundtrack that covers an astonishing singing career, the unfolding drama depicts Patti LaBelle’s outsized human strength and fortitude, devastating emotional loss, not to mention the seismic changes in American culture and society as she rose from a shy girl from Southwest Philadelphia to a soul and style icon and an international music legend.