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Kim Ray(II)

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  • Writer
  • Director
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Kim Ray on set filming Amazon pilot
Kim Ray is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Originally from metro-Detroit, she attended the College For Creative Studies on a photography scholarship before earning her B.A. in Film from University of Michigan. She began her career in New York, working in film and commercial production and then as a Creative Executive in Film, Drama and Performing Arts at A&E Networks.

Ray holds an MFA in Production/Directing from USC's School of Cinematic Arts where she Co-Wrote and Produced the musical-comedy West Bank Story which premiered at Sundance, won dozens of festivals worldwide and won the Oscar for Best Short Narrative Film. She also wrote and directed The Connection, an award-winning science-fiction short which was mentored by Avatar producer Jon Landau.

Ray has directed commercials for Fortune 500 clients and Executive Produced and Directed premium documentary television including Gaga: Five Foot Two for Netflix and the short-form series for Quibi, About Face, which chronicled icons in the beauty industry, among others.

She is the recipient of dozens of awards, including MTV Awards Best Documentary, BlueCat Screenwriting Quarterfinalists, Austin Film Festival Semifinalists, Mary Pickford Production Scholarship, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Fellowship.

Ray aims to create socially conscious work and is drawn to science, politics, history, music and pop-culture.
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Kim Ray with DP Emily Topper shooting Gaga: Five Foot Two
Kim Ray at the 2017 Super Bowl for Gaga: Five Foot Two
Director/Executive Producer Kim Ray on location in Dubai for About Face
Kim Ray with Oprah Winfrey and Ari Sandel at the Academy Awards for West Bank Story
Kim Ray Writer Director Violet's New Life
Kim Ray and Ari Sandel at Sundance for West Bank Story

Known for

Lady Gaga in Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
Gaga: Five Foot Two
7.0
  • Producer
  • 2017
West Bank Story (2005)
West Bank Story
7.2
Short
  • Producer
  • 2005
Violet's New Life (2018)
Violet's New Life
Short
  • Producer
  • 2018

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Producer

  • Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in About Face (2020)
    About Face
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020
  • Hustle In Brooklyn (2018)
    Hustle In Brooklyn
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Violet's New Life (2018)
    Violet's New Life
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Lady Gaga in Gaga: Five Foot Two (2017)
    Gaga: Five Foot Two
    • executive producer
    • 2017
  • Eddie Lovett, Emma Lovett, and Ceara Lynch in Sex on// (2014)
    Sex on//
    • co-executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Good Food America (2012)
    Good Food America
    • supervising producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Kendra Wilkinson in Kendra on Top (2012)
    Kendra on Top
    • supervising story producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012–2013
  • Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, and Demi Lovato in The X Factor (2011)
    The X Factor
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Made (2003)
    Made
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • The Connection (2005)
    The Connection
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • West Bank Story (2005)
    West Bank Story
    • associate producer
    • Short
    • 2005

Writer

  • Violet's New Life (2018)
    Violet's New Life
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Connection (2005)
    The Connection
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2005
  • West Bank Story (2005)
    West Bank Story
    • written by
    • Short
    • 2005

Director

  • Violet's New Life (2018)
    Violet's New Life
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Connection (2005)
    The Connection
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2005

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