Kris Koenig, General Partner, Interstellar Studios, shares his love of astronomy with the public through his unique outreach efforts, photography, and multimedia products. His work has taken him all over the world, including most of the major observatories in the western hemisphere. Kris is also founder and director of one of the most successful community observatories, and the nation’s only outdoor planetariums in the country.

Kris Koenig is a video producer from the ground up. His expertise in camera work, interviewing, lighting, editing, and production management is apparent in the ten-hour PBS telecourse “Astronomy: Observations and Theories”, for which he won two Emmy® Awards in 2005, for Instructional Programming and Outstanding Non-news Writer. His footage has been used in National Geographic productions, and his astrophotography graces the covers of nationally acclaimed astronomical textbooks and appears in various publications and videos.

Anita Ingrao has worked in the field of video production for 17 years. She worked with Kris Koenig as videographer and production assistant for the Emmy® Award-winning 10-hour PBS telecourse “Astronomy: Observations & Theories”. She is currently one of several videographers for the PBS series, Sierra Center Stage, capturing popular band performances at Sierra Nevada Brewery's Big Room. Anita has also worked as videographer, editor, and production assistant for “News Writing” and “English Composition: Writing for an Audience”, nationwide telecourses, by Annenberg/CPB.