Kim Garland is an award-winning writer/director from Hell’s Kitchen, NYC. She is a co-owner of City Kid Films, a co-founder of Scriptchat, and a columnist for Script magazine. At Script, she covers her ongoing experience writing and directing her first films in the column, Write, Direct, Repeat.

Kim graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Creative Writing and began her career in book publishing at Random House while continuing to write fiction. From 2009-2010, she studied screenwriting at The New School University in New York City and transitioned to the film industry through her work in literary acquisition at Braven Films.

She made her directing debut in 2012 with the short supernatural thriller “Vivienne Again,” which she shot in her parents’ Manhattan funeral home. Shortly after, she directed her second short film, “Deal Travis In,” a supernatural drama starring Nick Sandow.

Current film projects:

>Writer/Director, “Vivienne Again“
Supernatural Thriller| Short | 2012 | Trailer
A funeral home employee saves a dead woman from the killer who’s closing in to complete the job. The first film in the resurrection trilogy that continues with “Deal Travis In.”

Watch the Film: Buy, Rent, Stream or Screen

* Winner: Kickstarter Jury Award, Flyway Film Festival 2012

> Writer/Director/Producer, “Deal Travis In”
Supernatural Drama | Short | 2013
A man desperately trying to make his peace with the mysterious death of his daughter is offered the answers he’s seeking, but at the cost of his freedom and another woman’s life. The second film in the resurrection trilogy that began with “Vivienne Again.”

> Writer/Director/Producer, “Intangible”
Supernatural Drama | Feature | TBD

Interviews and articles:

> Podcast interview: FestQuest: “Episode One – Kim Garland” February 2013
> Interview: Big Vision Empty Wallet: Featured Member, January 2013
> Podcast interview: Where the Long Tail Ends: “Jittering with James – Kim Garland & Matt Garland @ Flyway Film Festival” October 2012
> Podcast interview: Row Three: “Flyway Pubcast #7 – Matt and Kim Garland [Vivienne Again]” October 2012
> Article: Author S.K. Epperson blog: “‘Kim Garland is Kicking Ass” September 2012
> Article: Five Scribes: “‘Vivienne Again’ Kim Garland’s Indie Film Debut” June 2012
> Article: Clinton Chronicle newspaper: “Hell’s Kitchen Filmmaker Makes Her NYC Debut” June 2012
> Interview: Xion Entertainment’s #FilmIndu Twitter chat, May 2012
> Interview: johnhoff3 blog: Interview with Kim Garland, 2011
* See separate links for Press for “Vivienne Again”

Panels & contest judging:

> Panelist: “Putting Horror on the Screen” Dragon*Con, 2012
> Contest Judge: Romancing the Script, Romance Writers of America, 2011 & 2012
> Panelist: Romance Writers of America: Scriptscene, 2011
> Contest Judge: The Judges for The Story Department, 2011

Articles on filmmaking and screenwriting:

> Write, Direct, Repeat by Kim Garland, Script magazine column, 2013
> Filmmaking is for Screenwriters Too by Kim Garland, Film Courage, 2010
> Building a Dedicated (and Rocking) Twitter Community by Kim Garland, Jon Reiss: Think Outside the Box Office, 2010

IMDb:

> Kim Garland on IMDb
> “Vivienne Again” (short film) on IMDb
> “Deal Travis In” (short film) on IMDb

Contact:

> Facebook: Kim Garland Films
> Twitter: @kim_garland
> Email: contact_at_kgarland_dot_com