title: Kris Koenig
text: # Kris Koenig
  
  Kris Koenig is an American film producer, screenwriter, director and cinematographer known for his roles in the documentaries; 400 Years of the Telescope and Astronomy: Observations and Theories.
  
  ## Early life and education
  
  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.
  
  ## Career
  
  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.
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  Kris Koenig was awarded two Los Angeles Area Emmys in 2006, one for "Non-news Writing" and one for "Instructional Programming".
  
  In 2017, Kris was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from the New England College of Optometry and was the keynote speaker for the 2017 Commencement.
  
  Kris has received numerous Telly Awards for his works.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  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 |
  
  ## Personal life
  
  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.
  
  