{{Short description|American filmmaker and author}} thumb|Whipple in 2023 '''Chris C. Whipple''' is an American documentary filmmaker, journalist, and author.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nast |first=Condé |title=Chris Whipple |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/chris-whipple |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="CommonGood">[https://www.thecommongoodus.org/past-speakers/chris-whipple Chris Whipple, Journalist and Filmmaker"], The Common Good. Retrieved 17 December 2025.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Whipple {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/181652/chris-whipple |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Whipple has written for ''Vanity Fair'' and other publications, focusing on American politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burnett |first=Elena |date=2025-12-16 |title=Chris Whipple describes interviewing Susie Wiles for 'Vanity Fair' |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5645884/chris-whipple-describes-interviewing-susie-wiles-for-vanity-fair |access-date=2025-12-16 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-16 |title=Trump and allies defend Susie Wiles over blunt quotes about top officials in Vanity Fair story - CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/susie-wiles-vanity-fair-trump-chief-of-staff/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career== Whipple was an executive producer and writer on Showtime's 2015 documentary ''The Spymasters''. He has worked on segments of TV news shows that have won Peabody and Emmy Awards, including ''60 Minutes'' at CBS and ''Primetime'' at ABC.<ref name=CommonGood />
In December 2025, Whipple published a two-part ''Vanity Fair'' profile of the second Trump presidency, interviewing White House chief of staff Susie Wiles throughout the first year of Donald Trump’s second administration.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Whipple |first=Chris |date=2025-12-16 |title=Susie Wiles Talks About The First Year of Trump’s Second Term (Part 1 of 2) |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-1 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Whipple |first=Chris |date=2025-12-16 |title=Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2) |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-susie-wiles-interview-exclusive-part-2 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> He also profiled Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and other Trump officials.<ref name=":0" /> Whipple's reporting attracted significant attention from Democrats and Republicans, with the Trump administration responding directly to the news coverage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linskey |first=Meridith McGraw and Annie |date=2025-12-16 |title=White House Chief of Staff Offers Candid Views in Vanity Fair Interview |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/susie-wiles-vanity-fair-takeaways-44847fa2 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Peter |date=December 16, 2025 |title=Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/trump-susie-wiles.html |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-16 |title=White House scrambles to address Susie Wiles' explosive Vanity Fair interviews |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-susie-wiles-explosive-vanity-fair-interview-rcna249505 |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stancy |first=Diana |date=2025-12-16 |title=Trump brushes off Wiles’ ‘alcoholic’s personality’ nick as allies torch Vanity Fair piece |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-brushes-off-wiles-alcoholics-personality-nick-allies-torch-vanity-fair-piece |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> Wiles called the story a "hit piece," but Whipple responded that all of her comments were "on tape."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-16 |title=Susie Wiles: Trump's chief of staff hits back at Vanity Fair 'hit piece' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dy532193do |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/politics/video/vanity-fairs-chris-whipple-on-wiles-every-interview-was-recorded-everything-was-on-tape |title=Vanity Fair’s Chris Whipple on Wiles: ‘Every interview was recorded, everything was on tape’ {{!}} CNN Politics |date=2025-12-17 |last=Gandhi |first=Urvi |language=en |access-date=2025-12-17 |via=www.cnn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nash |first=Charlie |date=2025-12-17 |title=‘Everything Is on Tape’: Reporter Fires Back at Trump World for Claiming His Explosive Susie Wiles Piece Was a Hit Job |url=https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/everything-is-on-tape-reporter-fires-back-at-trump-world-for-claiming-his-explosive-susie-wiles-piece-was-a-hit-job/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Mediaite |language=en}}</ref>
== Education == Whipple attended Yale University, where he majored in history.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jennifer B. Boeth, Editor, Is Married To Christopher Whipple, TV Produce>r |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/02/style/jennifer-b-boeth-editor-is-married-to-christopher-whipple-tv-produce-r.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20171220201144/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/02/style/jennifer-b-boeth-editor-is-married-to-christopher-whipple-tv-produce-r.html |archive-date=2017-12-20 |access-date=2025-12-17 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lebrun |first=Margot Lee, Sylvan |date=2020-10-02 |title=Jackson Institute hosts Chris Whipple, author of “The Spymasters” |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/10/01/jackson-institute-hosts-chris-whipple-author-of-the-spymasters/ |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=Yale Daily News |language=en}}</ref> He is an associate fellow of Timothy Dwight College at Yale.<ref>[https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/chris-whipple "Chris Whipple Latest Articles"], Vanity Fair.</ref>
==Books== *''The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency'' (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chris Whipple {{!}} Guest {{!}} Amanpour & Company {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/guests/chris-whipple/ |access-date=2025-12-16 |website=Amanpour & Company |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780804138246 The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency], Publishers Weekly</ref> *''The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future'' (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/chris-whipple/the-spymasters/|title=THE SPYMASTERS | Kirkus Reviews|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}}</ref> *''The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/books/review/fight-of-his-life-chris-whipple.html|title=So Far So Good? Biden Hopes So. (Published 2023)|date=January 18, 2023}}</ref> *''Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History'' (2025)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/02/biden-ron-klain-trump-debate-prep-book-chris-whipple|title=In a new book, top Biden aide describes 'out of it' president before Trump debate|first=Martin|last=Pengelly|date=April 2, 2025|via=The Guardian}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://chriswhipple.com/ Official website] *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2216996/ Chris Whipple] at IMDB {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Whipple, Chris}} Category:Living people Category:American documentary filmmakers Category:21st-century American journalists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:21st-century American male journalists Category:21st-century American non-fiction writers Category:21st-century American male writers Category:Yale University alumni