Kris has a keen sensitivity to the nuances of film as is evident in his award winning film scores for various web-series and short films. Kris received an award for Outstanding Score for his work on the comedic webseries The PuNanny Diaries at the 2011 LA Webfest. In 2010 Kris made his acting debut in Joshua Amir’s The Saxophone Player, co-starring and composing the music for the film. Currently, Kris is completing the score to his first feature film, Disasterpiece, by Stephen Allison.

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To see examples of Kris’s work, check out his film-scoring reel below.

FULL RESUME

As a film composer:

Stephen Allison “DIsasterpiece”, Independent Film (2011/forthcoming)
- composer
- feature film

Jeremy Ian Thomas “Break Bread” Independent Film (2011/forthcoming)
- composer

Joshua Amir “The Saxophone Player” Independent Film, Rockwell Pictures (2010)
- film composer
- actor, PAUL ROGERS
- LA Shorts film festival

Dan Kimbrough “Uncommon” Documentary (2009)
- composer
- civil rights documentary

Ryan Justice “Scoops” Student Film, University of Southern Florida (2010)
- composer
- winner of 2010 Campus Movie Fest (USF)

Lisa Robinson “The PuNanny Diaries” Webseries (2009 – present)
- composer and music producer for webseries

Ryan Justice “The Rumble” Student Film, University of Southern Florida (2008)
- composer for two scenes

Appearances on screen:

Joshua Amir “The Saxophone Player” Independent Film, Rockwell Pictures (2010)
- PAUL ROGERS, co-star
- LA Shorts film festival

Predrag Antonijevic “Little Murder” Mind in Motion Entertainment (forthcoming)
- Extra, bar patron

Tony Bennett & The Count Basie Big Band “The Making of a Swingin’ Christmas” Sony (2008)
- Performer, trumpet

“That’s What Swingin’ Is” (2006)
- performer, trumpet
- documentary featuring Kris Johnson playing Duke Ellington’s “Shepherd” in a master class with Wynton Marsalis

“Inside Jazz: Everybody’s Welcome” (2006)
- performer, trumpet
- documentary about the Michigan State University Jazz Studies Program