Kim Hopkins
Producer/Director
Kim is a graduate of the National Film and Television School, UK. In 1999, she directed the feature documentary Man in the Sand (BBC2), recounting the story of singer/songwriter Billy Bragg’s search for the legend Woody Guthrie. In 2002, Kim directed Wanted, a feature documentary funded by UK Film Council, A&E/WDR/Soros. Wanted premiered at Locarno, London and Viennale festivals, and told the story behind a suspected Native American serial killer. Kim spent a decade making television for the BBC, C4, and Discovery. In 2012, Kim produced, filmed and directed Hotel Folly - Folie á Deux (IDFA, Cambridge & Vilnius) for BBC Storyville, which focused on the human cost of the banking crisis. Kim was instrumental in the formation of the Documentary Department at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión, Cuba.