Chris Felix, FAU alumni in Commercial Music, was awarded a NY Emmy Award

Chris Felix is a music producer in New York City and in his family's home country of Haiti. In 2020, he was awarded a NY Emmy Award for a music video he produced featuring former music production students of his at an after school program in the South Bronx. He collaborated with students and created a social justice music video on civil rights, winning the category of "Teen (13-19) short form content (up to 10 min)."

In 2022 and 2023, Chris worked on several Haitian/Latin/Afropop style music including a score for a Bacardi commercial, and jingles for a Crypto trading platform called Ooki. Most recently, he produced a song called "Shut Up and Dance" which is on Grammy award winning producer Michael Brun's album called "Fami Summer." The song features vocals from afropop legend King Promise, Trinadadian artist Kes, and Hamilton star Anthony Ramos. "Shut Up and Dance" was released on July 21, 2023. The following day, it was played live in front of thousands for Michael Brun's "BAYO" concert which was hosted by the annual Central Park Summer stage festival in New York City.

Chris graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2015 with his Bachelor's degree in Commercial Music.