Mr. Kye Benjamin Stone was born and raised in Portland, Oregon where he studied Drama, assisted directed, choreographed stage combat, and designed for the theatre with his family's Northstar Theatre Company. After obtaining his B.A. from the University of Washington in Fine Arts, Mr. Stone worked as Producer and cinematographer for Sojourner Films (now Knightstone Productions) on short and feature-length projects while simultaneously studying cinematography and attending courses at the Northwest Film Forum. Mr. Stone moved to Chicago in 2017 to study for his Masters in Studio specializing film at The School of Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Stone completed his Thesis Film "Hear! Hear!" which screened at the Gene Siskel Theater under the SAIC MFA Thesis Show. During his MFA completion, Mr. Kye Benjamin Stone and started Knightstone Productions with his brother James Stone. As Co-Founder, Producer, Director, and Director of Photography, Kye Benjamin Stone continues to write, direct, and shoot films with Knightstone Productions.