After being introduced to the commercial world as a child actor at twelve, Kris went on to star in more than a dozen national campaigns for company's like Office Depot, Nerf, Scope and Buick and television programming like ABC’s Class Clowns and Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains it All & Fifteen. Spending his formative years working on-set, Kris naturally gravitated toward a career in film production, where he was particularly interested in the challenging world of Producing. Utilizing his knowledge from the viewpoint of an actor, at seventeen Kris began an internship for Apex Pictures in Miami, Fl, where he had the opportunity to shadow countless projects from concept to completion, having a small part in each step.
Following high school, Kris attended Florida State University's School of Motion Picture, Television and Recording Arts. During his time at FSU, Kris produced the Grand Prize winning short film, "Escape Back to the Movies" which received the Coca-Cola's Refreshing Filmmaker’s Award. With BFA in-hand, Kris accepted an invitation by George Lucas's visual effects power house, Industrial Light & Magic to work on Star Wars Episode II, motivating a move to San Francisco, CA. Following wrap of this immense project, Kris relocated to Los Angeles.
It was during his first week in LA that Kris was reintroduced to the commercial world on a campaign for ESPN, this time as a production coordinator. Quickly falling in love with the frenetic pace that short format production brings, Kris immersed himself in the world of freelance commercial, promo and music video production. Now, eight years later, Kris has worked on more than 200 short format projects for artist's such as Beyonce, Green Day, Gnarls Barkley, Korn, Ludacris and The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and has been a part of the creation of memorable commercial campaigns for Ford, Firestone, Nike, Del Monte and Coors Light to name a few. While short format production remains a passion, Kris has produced over 50 hours of television content including promos for Nickelodeon, MTV, The Cartoon Network and The Disney Channel, as well as prime-time content like My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, The World Stunt Awards, Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive, and Temptation Island.
In 2007 Kris was nominated for an Emmy for the Public Service Announcement he produced for Life Rolls On, an organization that supports extreme athletes continuing in their sport despite spinal cord injuries.
Currently, Kris is Executive Producer at Soapbox Films where he oversees all physical production of the full service (concept, production, post) production company. Under the Soapbox banner, Kris also Executive Produces Disney Movie Surfers for Walt Disney Pictures. In it’s 12th Season, the Movie Surfers travel the world looking behind the scenes of upcoming feature films, documenting once in a lifetime experiences while on set with the cast and crew and sharing them with the audience of the Disney Channel.
