Kymberly Harris
 

 Director/Writer,

Artistic Director of Firsthand Films

Kymberly directed the award-winning shorts Rose's Turn, that was at Cannes, FAITH winner of Best Short NYCIFF, and Now and Never, winner of The Rising Star Award at CineGearExpo at Paramount Studios.

Her feature film I Heard Sarah was honored with the Robert Rodriguez Best Indie Auteur Filmmaker of the Year Award at Bare Bones International Music and Film Festival. Distributed by Good Deed Entertainment, it’s now streaming on all major platforms.

Kymberly has directed several plays in NYC and LA (Rogue Machine Theatre, Theatre for the New City, Pacific Resident Theatre, Marilyn Monroe Theatre).

A published and produced playwright, several plays written by Kymberly 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.

Themes of Interest:

What interests me is stories that personally examine how we're formed by our families and society, and how that affects our ability to connect to each other.

Acting Coach: Select private clients (including Emmy winners, Oscar nominees).

Member: AEA, AFTRA, SAG, Dramatists Guild, Women in Film, Alliance of Women Directors, Free the Work, Film Independent, Women in Motion Pictures

Voter: Spirit Awards, Ovation Committee

BA: Knox College in French

MA: Illinois State University in Theatre

Double MFA: The Actors Studio Drama School at the New School, Acting and Playwriting.

Reps: Ramo Law

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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“What the really great artists do is they're entirely themselves. They're entirely themselves, they've got their own vision, they have their own way of fracturing reality, and if it's authentic and true, you will feel it in your nerve endings.”

- David Foster Wallace

 
 
 
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