If you know Chris Christensen, you know he’s usually shooting videos.
Filmmaking has been his life, career and hobby for the past two decades, and he now works for Realty Growth Inc. having leveraged a passion for storytelling into a career making videos.
He has worked with every type of client, from small businesses to national brands and conducted interviews with interesting people like pro athletes, musicians, doctors and CEOs.
How does Rochester and RGI fit into this all? Chris grew up in Bagley, Minnesota, and graduated from high school there in 2003. He went onto St. Cloud State, graduating in 2008 and then went onto a few corporate jobs, eventually starting his own business.
In February, 2023, he started at RGI. In the business for a solid year now, Chris says he’s learned a lot in what he describes as a fast-paced, detail-oriented business. His favorite aspect of creating RGI content is learning the history of a building. “There is so much history in every building you drive by, and it’s cool to have a peephole into that history,” he says.
His favorite project to date has been Trout City Brewing being sold to people who moved their entire life to Preston, Minnesota. “Telling their story is really fun,” Chris says.
During the pandemic, Chris started streaming on Twitch and YouTube – with @fangdadhat on all platforms – and, before long, he saw a community growing. “I never thought I would be a part-time streamer and gaming content creator,” he says, “but I absolutely love it.”
Outside of work, Chris enjoys spending time with his family, including his wife KariAnn, and their three sons, Michael, 21, Emery, 15 and Davey, 7.