Chris Milk

Chris Milk
Milk in 2015
Born	1975 or 1976 (age 47–48)[1] Glen Cove, New York, U.S.[2]
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, artist, director, music video director
Employer	Within (formerly Vrse[3])
Known for	Virtual reality, immersive art, music videos
Website	Milk.co

Chris Milk is an American entrepreneur, innovator, director, photographer, and immersive artist. He is co-founder and CEO of Within (Virtual Reality) (formerly Vrse),^[4] a virtual reality technology company, and co-founder of Here Be Dragons (formerly Vrse.works), a virtual reality production company. Milk began his career directing music videos and commercials for leading artists and brands, and in subsequent years became best known for bridging the gap between emerging technologies and new mediums for storytelling.

Milk's work has been exhibited in museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Barbican Centre in London, Cent Quatre in Paris, and the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing. Milk has been honored twice with the Grand Prix Cannes Lions, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Grand Clio, and SXSW's 'Best of Show' alongside multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Moon Men, and the UK MVA Innovation Award.

Milk was named one of WIRED's 100 Most Influential People^[5] in 2016, one of The Hollywood Reporter's L.A.'s 25 Most Powerful Digital Players^[6] in 2016, Adweek's Creative 100 list in 2015,^[7] as one of the 50 Most Creative People by Advertising Age in 2011 and 2015,^[8][9] and one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business" by Fast Company in 2012.^[10] Milk presented at TED in 2015 on the power of virtual reality as a medium to advance humanity, and again in 2016 on the birth of virtual reality as a new art form.^[11]