Kris Koenig

• Name — Kris Koenig • Birthplace — Chico, California • Education — Gilroy High School, Gavilan College, • Occupation — Film Producer, Screenwriter, Director and Cinematographer • Known for — Producer, Writer and Director of 400 Years of the Telescopeand Astronomy: Observations and Theories.

Kris Koenig was born in 1962 to Ramon Lee and Inez Koenig. The Father was an Air Force fighter pilot and the family moved around a lot until Kris was in Middle School. Kris graduated from Gilroy High School in 1980. He attended Gavilan College.

Kris Koenig joined the US Coast Guard where he was trained in navigation and visual signaling to serve as a Quartermaster. He attended the US Navy Dive school in Pearl Harbor and earned the rating of SCUBA diver. He later left the US Coast Guard 1985. Koenig was licensed as a Master of Near Coastal Water (100 ton limit) and PADI Master SCUBA Instructor. He worked as a dive instructor and boat captain at Peter Hughes Dive Bonaire from 1987 -1989. He also worked for Skin Diver Magazine, Petersen Publishing, from 1989 – 1994. In 2003, Koenig was hired by his future partner Anita Ingrao to work as a consultant on the PBS telecourse Astronomy: Observations and Theories (20 x:30). His role grew to become one of the project producers and writer. Kris currently produces films under his company Koenig Films, Inc.

Kris Koenig has a catalogue of films and documentaries he produced, wrote and directed. The table below chronicles some of the films and documentaries in his filmography. • Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2006 — Astronomy: Observations and Theories — Producer, Writer, co-cinematographer — TV Mini-Series documentary (19 Episodes) • 2009 — 400 Years of the Telescope — Producer, Writer, Director — Documentary • 2009 — Two Small Pieces of Glass — Producer, Writer, Director — Short • 2013 — Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire — Producer, Writer, Director — Documentary • 2016 — Sight: The Story of Vision — Producer, Writer, Director — Documentary

Despite the tragic loss of his partner, Anita Ingrao in 2014 due to stage four breast cancer, Kris pushed through the loss to finish Anita's last film "SIGHT: The Story of Vision". Kris has four adult children and recently married his wife Marianne.