Biography

Kymberly's interested in stories that personally deal with how we are formed by our families and by society, and how that effects our ability to connect to each other. Regardless of the scope or genre of the world of the story, her work is going to examine this thread of human relationship and consider the specific psychology of each character.

Themes of interest: under-served voices, layered characters, family dynamics, youth and healing, art and industry, mental health, social justice, criminal psychology

Director/Writer: Rose's Turn, (Cannes), FAITH starring Britt Lower and Jess Gabor (Best Short NYCIFF), Now and Never (Rising Star Award at CineGear Expo LA), I HEARD SARAH (Robert Rodriguez Best Indie Auteur Award at Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival), Distributor: Good Deed Entertainment.

Acting Coach: Television ( Selected): The Blacklist, Inventing Anna, Animal Kingdom, Dear White People, Mom, Shameless, Clean Slate, How to Get Away With Murder, Get Christie Love Film (Selected): Promising Young Woman, Jolt, Uglies, The Row, Bad Hair, Survive the Night, Over/Under

Kymberly directs plays in NYC and LA (Rogue Machine, Theatre for the New City, PRT). A published and produced playwright, several plays have been produced in NYC (Cherry Lane, la mamma, Harold Clurman Theatre). Her play FAITH is the only drama published in the new anthology, Proofread or Die!, featuring works by colleagues and friends of the late David Foster Wallace. She assisted James Ponsoldt and Jason Segel on the film The End of the Tour.

Some acting credits include originating the role of Holly in Eric Simonson's BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY opposite Tracy Letts, and the workshop of Terrence McNally's IT'S ONLY A PLAY opposite Thomas Sadoski, Josh Radnor, and Lisa Kudrow.

Member: Film Independent, AEA, AFTRA, SAG, Geena Davis Institute, Dramatists Guild, Women in Film, Alliance of Women Directors, Women in Media, Free the Work

Website: kymberlyharris.me.

- IMDb mini biography by: Firsthand Films