Kris Koenig is an American

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, director and

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known for his roles in the documentaries; ''

400 Years of the Telescope ''400 Years of the Telescope: A Journey of Science, Technology and Thought'' is a 2009 American documentary film that was created to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy in 2009. Directed by Kris Koenig, it chronicles the history of t ...

'' 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 Gilroy High School is a co-educational public school located in Gilroy, California, that serves the city of Gilroy. A part of the Gilroy Unified School District, is one of two public comprehensive high schools in the city and has an approximate ...

in 1980. He attended

Gavilan College Gavilan College is a public community college in Santa Clara County, California. History The college was established in 1919 as the San Benito County Junior College. It operated as such until 1963, when a new community college district was draw ...

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

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. 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

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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 The New England College of Optometry is a private optometry college in Boston, Massachusetts. It enrolls over 500 students and is one of the oldest continually operating college of optometry in the United States. History It was originally ...

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.

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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koenig, Kris 1962 births Living people Film producers from California Film directors from California American male screenwriters American cinematographers Gilroy High School alumni Gavilan College alumni