Kristen Stills


Kristen Stills is a producer and autism awareness activist. She is wife of American musician and multi-instrumentalist Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. She starred with son Henry Stills in an independent documentary film directed by Tricia Regan titled which was released in April 2007. She received an "Outstanding Nonfiction Special" Emmy Award for her role as Executive Producer on "". Since 2012, Kristen and Stephen have hosted Light Up The Blues, an event that benefits autism science and advocacy organization Autism Speaks. The annual event has included musical performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Neil Young, John Mayer, The White Buffalo, Brandi Carlile, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle, Rickie Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Don Felder, and Chris Stills who perform alongside Spectrum Artists such as Nick Guzman, Matt Savage, and Rio "Soulshocka" Wyles. The scheduling coincides with Light It Up Blue, World Autism Awareness Day and Autism Awareness Month in April. In 2013, Stills was executive producer for the concert film Light Up The Blues the goal of which was to raise awareness for the annual event.