A third generation news reporter, Christof is a correspondent and producer for Current TV. In the last two years, he's won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, a Livingston Award, a National Headliner Award, two Webby Awards, and been nominated for three Emmys.

Christof has worked in over a dozen countries to produce multiple documentaries for Current’s Vanguard journalism team. In addition to Current TV, his work has appeared on ABC’s Nightline, Good Morning America, CBC, and the Sundance Channel.

Before joining Current TV in 2005, Christof earned his BA at Connecticut College, where he produced and directed his first documentary, Left Behind, about AIDS orphans in Kenya. Left Behind screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival and won a Student Academy Award, a Student Emmy, a Silver Chris Award, a CINE Golden Eagle, the International Documentary Association’s David Wolper Award and the HBO Films Award.

The son of two journalists, Christof grew up in Washington, DC and lived in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union. His father, Michael Putzel, covered the Vietnam War and the White House for AP, before joining The Boston Globe as Washington bureau chief. His mother, Ann Blackman, was a correspondent for Time and reporter for AP before becoming a successful author. His grandfather, Samuel G. Blackman, was top editor of The Associated Press.

Christof currently lives in Los Angeles. A third generation news reporter, Christof is a correspondent and producer for Current TV. In the last two years, he's won an Alfred I.... more

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