As one of Ireland’s best known documentary directors, Kim has been shooting and directing documentaries since the late 90s. This year sees her narrative debut as writer & director with LEMONADE, starring Screen Rising Star Lewis Brophy & Barry Keoghan.

Kim grew up in Paris but later returned to her native Ireland where she is now based. She spent her early career filming off the beaten track, on frontlines and post conflict zones as part of an emergency response response team.

Her first feature documentary THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED premiered to world-wide acclaim at SWSX and went on to win numerous International awards including the Grierson and IDA awards for Best Feature Documentary, Banff’s Global Television Grand Prize and The Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival amongst many others. In Ireland she has twice won Best Documentary Feature at the Galway Film Fleadh and has been nominated for six IFTA awards for Best Documentary.

Her most recent feature documentary PURE GRIT received the award for Best Documentary at the Galway Film Fleadh in 2021 and is available across all the usual platforms (https://linktr.ee/puregrit).

Kim shoots many of her own documentaries and is a versatile and collaborative filmmaker with a love for immersive storytelling that captures the humanity of her subjects. She also runs a podcasting and drama workshop at the Irish National Children’s Detention Centre.

In 2021 Kim began writing her first screenplay, LEMONADE. The film has been selected to premiere in September 2026 at the Toronto International Film Festival marking Kim’s narrative debut.