Media Coverage
September, 2026:
NALAC selected Christenson for its 2026 Meet the Moment grant, supporting his stubborn belief that art can do more than look good on a wall.
July, 2025:
Named a 2025 McKnight Media Artist Fellow, giving mom one less reason to be disappointed about the decision to point cameras at people for a living.
October, 2023:
Macalester College invited Christenson back to explain what he's been doing with his liberal arts degree.
May, 2020
IndieWire reports on Christenson and Brennan Vance winning a $25,000 Tribeca Film Institute If/Then grant for To Be Reconciled, proving that even a global pandemic couldn't stop a good pitch.
July, 2017:
The Walker Art Center spotlights Rumee, a collaborative film project in which Christenson and Hamse Warfa discovered that the best way to find a filmmaker's voice is sometimes to get out of their way.
August, 2012:
Christenson turns his camera on a Saint Paul boxing legend, earning a little ink from MinnPost without throwing a single punch.