Chance Sion-Raize Calloway (he/him/his) is…

A capricious novelist.
A heartrending poet.
A curatorial editor.
C.S.R. Calloway.

An atomic vocalist.
A prolific songwriter.
Chance Calloway.

An award-winning director.
A liberated screenwriter.
An accomplished producer.
A gifted actor.
Sion-Raize.

Alongside all of these things, Calloway is Black, queer, disabled, anointed, and ALIVE.

(Chance Sion-Raize Calloway is also a giant fan of Patti LaBelle, Batman, and Mickey Mouse.)

Pronounced CHANS ZYE-ahn RAYZ KAL-oh-way

 
 

Accomplished. Unparalleled.

In the face of personal, global and systemic challenges, Calloway continues to focus his efforts on advocacy and change through art. Calloway founded CSRC Storytelling for printed media in 2012 with a passion for creating and promoting stories that change how people see themselves and the world around them. A few years later he premiered Pretty Dudes, the digital series about Zario, a single man with friends all up in his romantic life.

Calloway is a firm believer not only in quality inclusion and the importance of representation in media, but also in creating quality entertainment across all platforms. As a filmmaker, Calloway focuses on telling wide-reaching visual stories that can change the way people see themselves and the world around them.

You can support Calloway directly by donating via Cash App, PayPal, or Venmo, purchasing his books on Bookshop, buying merch through Bandcamp, and subscribing to his Patreon.

“I think what I am is a cartoon character walking through a Michael Mann movie. I'm the real-life Roger Rabbit.”

— Chance Calloway on Faith, Resilience and the Magic of Myth-Making

“…my idea with everything I create is to create something I wish I had seen growing up.”

— Chance Calloway, Storyteller

 

“The one thing that there always is enough of is you. You are enough. The universe then has to bend at your will. And I’m perfecting my universe-bending skills.”

— Meet Chance Calloway of Stoopid Ambitious

 

“…we can be bold in our storytelling and we can really do whatever we want.”

— Exclusive Interview: “Pretty Dudes” creator Chance Calloway on the power of inclusive webseries

“My name is synonymous with risk. It’s a part of my essence.”

— Meet Chance Calloway: Filmmaker & Author

 

“Life would be so boring if we were the same. Differences create a kaleidoscope of beauty. Embrace that.”

— #RepresentYourStory: Chance Calloway

 

“I want their completion to speak for the process.”

— An Interview with Chance Calloway

 

“I don’t believe in vying for a seat at the table because I don’t eat everybody’s food and I don’t want just anybody’s company.”

— Stories and Insights: Meet Chance Calloway

Timeline

  • November
    - won Best Music Video for I Know Him So Well at the FilAm Creative Film Festival

    October
    - nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2024 Crisostomo Varra Awards for I Know Him So Well

    July
    - won Best Director for RAM (Like the Verb) at the Chinatown International Film Festival

  • - completed RAM (Like the Verb)

    - began serving on the Level Ground Board as Vice President

  • October
    — the first three books in the Horror Historia collection are released

    September
    — “I Know Him So Well” music video release

    April
    — “I Know Him So Well” single release

  • August
    — became housed

  • July
    — release of Pretty Dudes: The Novel

  • — launched the streaming platform Stoopid Ambitious, a hub for innovative, inclusive indie works by talented filmmakers with voices overdue for amplification.

  • — enlisted in, served in, and separated from the United States Air Force

    — graduated from Glynn Academy

    — moved to Brunswick, GA

    — born in Sacramento, CA