Kim A. Snyder

Biography

Kim A. Snyder is an Academy Award® nominee and Peabody Award-winning Director / Producer whose latest feature, THE LIBRARIANS, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and will release globally in late 2025. Her Oscar-nominated short DEATH BY NUMBERS, co-created with gun-violence survivor Sam Fuentes, has won multiple awards. Snyder’s acclaimed films include US KIDS (Sundance 2020), LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING (Netflix Original), and NEWTOWN (Sundance 2016, Peabody Award, PBS). Her earlier work includes WELCOME TO SHELBYVILLE (PBS) and I REMEMBER ME (Zeitgeist Films). She also associate produced the Oscar-winning short TREVOR, which spawned The Trevor Project. Snyder holds a Master’s Degree in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS and lives in New York City.

Known For

First They Came for My College
The Librarians
The West Side Waltz
Trevor
Death by Numbers
I Remember Me
Alone No Love
Welcome to Shelbyville
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane
Newtown

Top Movie Credits

First They Came for My College Executive Producer
The Librarians Producer
The West Side Waltz Co-Producer
Trevor Associate Producer
Death by Numbers Producer
I Remember Me Director
Alone No Love Director
Welcome to Shelbyville Director
Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane Producer
Newtown Director