Kris is a two time Emmy award winning video/film editor, and he's been honored with four Emmy nominations during his career. Kris has worked with Hollywood's top television producers and directors, having edited most every genre including situation comedies, music videos, large scale music-variety shows, and segments for the Academy Awards telecast.

Since the early 1990's, Kris has focused his talents on television comedy programs. Among the series he's edited: "In Living Color" (FOX), "Ellen" (ABC), and "Titus" (FOX). Kris is currently editing the 8th season of "According to Jim" (ABC).

Known for embracing emerging technologies, Kris pioneered the use of the AVID MEDIA COMPOSER for editing multi-camera comedies in the 1990's and enthusiastically agreed to edit the very first high definition comedy series ("Titus") on a major television network. Although Kris has used AVID exclusively for his TV projects since 1996, he edits with Final Cut Pro as well. Kris is likely one of few editors who has used virtually every editing technology during his career, including the physical splicing of 2" quadruplex videotape with the aid of a microscope! He was one of the pioneers of computerized video editing, using an early computer editing system to edit "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (CBS).

Kris is admired by producers and directors for the artistry, dedication, and enthusiasm he brings to every project he's involved with. He thrives on the stresses and challenges of delivering a weekly television series to the highest standards under tight deadlines. Few editors working in Hollywood have been privileged to be involved with so many projects, or have as many hours of network television airtime as an editor as Kris.

Although he has spent much of his career working on multi-camera TV projects, Kris recently worked on a challenging single camera project for 20th Century Fox Television.

Expanding his horizons, Kris recently developed an innovative class to share his years of experience with new generations of editors. In June 2007, Singapore's prestigious Ngee Ann Polytechnic school of Film and Media studies invited Kris to conduct an editing workshop for current students as well as alumni. At the end of the workshop, students were asked to critique the workshop. Here are some of their comments:

• "Really learnt something new about Avid Script-based and Multi-Cam editing"

• "The insight into the American studio and mode of work is very refreshing"

• "It was fun editing a sitcom with professional cast and great camera work. I definitely got to learn about AVID even more to prepare for my Industry Based Project" (students' final year project)

• "I love this workshop. I wish it could have been longer"

Kris enjoyed the teaching experience in Singapore, during which he imparted knowledge, techniques, and anecdotes accumulated during his long career as an editor. He'll likely conduct future workshops during TV production hiatus time. But he may consider a longer tenure. Stay tuned as Kris's career continues to evolve!

In addition to his work as an editor, Kris is a avid world traveler. His hobbies include collecting and restoring classic automobiles for which he has won numerous awards. He created a popular website which was recently named by Yahoo! as "Site of the Week." The site has extensive details about his collection of classic cars as well as an in-depth look at the history of color television - one of Kris's other passions. Visit Kris Trexler's King of the Road website.