C.K. Lichenstein II is the youngest of three children, born in New Jersey and raised in Alabama and Texas. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon, he has been working there in its burgeoning indie film scene since 1999, when he produced the small, cult hit, The Sexy Chef (2002). He has gone on to work with several other talented filmmakers and also made several of his own short films which he wrote, directed and starred in. Recently he has produced two new feature films. The first is the new Smith Brothers movie, Monday Night Gig (2005), and the second is a dark, romantic comedy called Damaged Goods (2005) by Dave Walker. He went on to help as Location Scout and Location Manager for Jason Freeman's film noir movie, The Heater (2005). Currently, C.K. is the early stages of pre-production on several new projects, writing press materials, still promoting The Sexy Chef (2002) and is writing his first feature film script.
