Kris Rey began her career making micro-budget films. Her first feature, "It was great, but I was ready to come home" played in competition at the SXSW Film Festival in 2009, followed by her next feature,"Empire Builder" (2012) and short film "Baby Mary" (2014).  Her third feature "Unexpected" (2015) premiered in the narrative film competition at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2018 Rey began teaching film production at Northwestern University in Chicago and in 2020, Rey's feature "I Used To Go Here" premiered at SXSW. In 2021 Rey began directing episodic for Showtime and Disney/Hulu and is currently in development on her next film.