Kristen M. Cox
President & CEO
16x9 Productions

Kristen Cox is an award-winning producer who specializes exclusively in high definition television (HDTV). A member of the Consumer Electronics Association’s Academy of Digital Pioneers and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, her experience with a wide variety of productions on such topics as the Russian space program, women in sports and a multitude of promotional spots for technology companies has equipped her with the skills and vision necessary to achieve engaging, cost-effective programs.

Kristen started her career at KWTX, the CBS affiliate, in Waco, TX, where she honed her television and video skills and assisted in the production of live evening newscasts.

Kristen went on to work for HD VISION, where she became one of a select few HDTV producers in the United States. She produced the first live HDTV transmission of a sporting event: the Baltimore Orioles vs. Cleveland Indians baseball game for Harris Corporation, seen by over 350 guests at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

In her nine years of experience, Kristen has produced myriad HDTV projects including: “Bridge Dwellers: The Bats Of Austin,” awarded Platinum Best In Show for children’s programming by the Aurora Awards; "Fiesta In The Sky,” a documentary simulcast in HDTV and NTSC nationally by PBS and “Artist In The Round: Shayne Dark”, nominated for Best HDTV Documentary by the HD Fest in 2004.

As President and CEO of 16x9 Productions, started in 1999, Kristen is currently co-producing a documentary that focuses on the inner workings of the top-secret Soviet Space Program from 1960-1974.

Kristen’s productions have garnered awards from Telly, Aurora, Aegis, Videographer, Summit, Cinema Chicago and the Communicator, as well as nominations for outstanding work by the International Electronic Cinema Festival (IECF). Cox was also recognized by AV Video Multimedia Producer Magazine as one of the Top 100 Producers of 2000.

Kristen also contributed her talents to several prestigious panel discussions, speaking on HDTV production to attendees at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Festival in 1999; the 2000 International Wildlife Film Festival and NATPE 2001, where she joined a Dolby Sound Lab panel discussion about proper 5.1 surround sound capture techniques for production. Most recently, she spoke on the HDTV Super Panel at the March 2004 HD Expo and on the Challenges in HD Content Creation Panel at the August 2004 HDTV Forum in Los Angeles.