Biography

Kimberly Melville is an award-winning Australian female director and writer who has a love of stories that are fun, vibrant, sometimes a bit spooky and just plain weird.

She has directed, written and/or produced on some of the most iconic children's shows and brands in Australia such as Giggle and Hoot (ABC), logie nominated Gardening Australia Junior (ABC), logie nominated Play School (ABC) and Reef School (ABC).

Her horror comedy short film 'Peer' has won and been selected for several awards at horror film festivals including Austin After Dark, LA International Horror, Bite Night and the International Horror Hotel film festival.

Another of her horror comedy short films 'Council Cleanup' won the Audience Choice Award at Sydney Underground Film Festival in 2019 and was written, shot and edited in 48 hours as part of the TAKE48 competition.

During her time studying a MA in Directing at Bournemouth University, her short documentary film 'Saints and Sinners' was selected by the BBC as part of their BBC3 Fresh Initiative and aired on the channel.

In 2013, her first web series 'The Gauntlet' won 3 awards at LA Webfest, including best young adult fantasy series, and was nominated for over 10 awards at the Brisbane Webstream awards.

- IMDb mini biography by: KM