Director Chris Kennedy, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Animation from Kent State University and has worked in the film industry for the past seven years as a Producer, CG Modeler for MadWerkz Studios in Chicago and Cleveland. He has also served as a Location Sound Recorder on Independent features such as GCUFF 2015 Best Feature #50Fathers and Rachel’s Ninth Inning. Chris has produced multiple documentaries: The Nehemiah Project (2015), Capoeira: Live the Game (2016), Sankofa (2016), Rock Collection (2017) and Capoeira Play (2017). He has co-directed Fresh Moves (2016) and Sankofa Solving (2017). Solving X has gone on to win 2018 Best Documentary at Capital City Black Film Festival and Urban Film Festival. His other documentaries have been selected for numerous Official Selections and have been seen at thirty-seven film festivals in twelve countries.

As a experienced film/video producer, Chris has also produced client projects ranging from documentaries and shorts to feature films, animations and television pilots with his multiple years of industry experience in production and post production (animation, video editing, motion graphics, etc).

As a designer, he’s designed graphics for  business presentations, proposals, magazines, brochures and other print collateral. He’s a content creator that has worked on projects for Sepio Systems, Cidekic and Arc of Northern Virginia to name a few.