Kristopher Smale

Kris has been a part of The Mill/MPC’s award-winning colour team for nearly a decade, joining the Los Angeles studio in 2012.

His standout commercial work includes Google’s launch of its Pixel 4, Peloton (directed by Adam Hashemi out of Adam & Eve), a number of epic Apple spots, 2 of which were nominated for Emmys (“Don’t Mess with Mother” and “Make Something Beautiful”), plus the shot on iPhone “On Tour” campaign featuring Florence and the Machine and FKA twigs.

Kris has collaborated with notable directors such as Stacy Wall, Shawn Levy and Rohan Blair-Magnat, Andrew Donoho, Bryan Buckley, Doug Limon and graded projects for global brands including Nissan, Honda, Toyota, Apple, Google, Chevy and Verizon.

It’s his strong working relationship with directors that led to him grading Janelle Monae’s highly acclaimed and culturally significant music video motion picture ‘Dirty Computer’, directed in part by Andrew Donoho. Most recently, Kris collaborated with Emil Nava on two music videos off of Calvin Harris’ album ‘Funk Wave Bounces Vol. 2’ including ‘Potion’ featuring Dua Lipa and Young Thug, and ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey, and Pharrell.