Directing
Kim A. Snyder
EN cinema · 13 credits
Also known as Kim Snyder
Kim A Snyder is an Academy Award nominated, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Director/Producer. Her latest feature documentary, The Librarians, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and won a 2026 Primetime Emmy® for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. The Librarians has won 30 festival awards, was released theatrically in over 200 cities internationally, and broadcast on PBS/Independent Lens. Her most recent short documentary, Death By Numbers, was nominated for a 2025 Academy Award®. Snyder’s other acclaimed films include Us Kids (Sundance 2020), Lessons From A School Shooting (Best Short Doc Tribeca 2018, Netflix Original), Newtown (Sundance 2016, Peabody Award, PBS/Independent Lens), and Welcome To Shelbyville (2009 PBS/Independent Lens). She associate produced the Academy Award®-winning short Trevor, which inspired The Trevor Project, a leading national nonprofit focused on LGBTQ+ youth suicide prevention. Kim earned a master's degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and resides in New York City.
Known for
Filmography
The Painted Bride
The Painted Bride
Executive Producer
First They Came for My College
Executive Producer
The Librarians
Director, Producer
Death by Numbers
Director, Producer
Us Kids
Producer, Director
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane
Director, Producer
Newtown
Director
Crossing Midnight
Producer, Director
Alone No Love
Director
I Remember Me
as Self, Other, Director
The West Side Waltz
Co-Producer
Trevor
Associate Producer