Chris joined Jones Productions in early 2007 as Creative Director, however, his first production experience was working as an intern at Jones Productions in 1990. In 1994 he graduated from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema-Television and returned home to Little Rock to direct his own independent feature film in 1997, Sagittarius. He has also directed and produced two independent feature documentaries.


Chris has worked for clients in Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago, including projects for Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, A & E Network, The History Channel, and Walmart. Over the past ten years he has edited and/or directed many award-winning commercials, and has won Best Director four years in a row in the Little Rock 48 Hour Film Project competition.

 

Chris Cranford

Creative Director


Favorite Films:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Sherman’s March

Midnight Cowboy

The Graduate

Annie Hall

Brazil

Anything by Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel, The Coen Brothers


Links:

  1. http://vimeo.com/cranford

  2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/paintedtelevision

  3. http://www.chriscranford.com