Kimberly Melville is an Australian female director and writer who has a love of stories that are fun, vibrant and sometimes a bit spooky. She is very driven to female-led stories that resonate with both young adults and children.

She has directed an impressive slate of iconic Australian children's shows and brands, such as  GIGGLE   AND HOOT  (ABC), logie-nominated  GARDENING AUSTRALIA JUNIOR  (ABC), logie-nominated  PLAY   SCHOOL  (ABC) and SPA-nominated  FIZZY AND SUDS  (ABC/Tilt Media and Entertainment).

Kimberly has a MA in Directing from Bournemouth University (UK) and during her time studying abroad, her short documentary  SAINTS AND SINNERS  was selected by the BBC as part of their BBC3 Fresh Initiative and aired on the channel.

She has also ventured deep into the online and social media world, with her first web series in 2013  THE   GAUNTLET  winning 3 awards at LA WEBFEST, including best sci-fi/fantasy/horror series, and nominated for mutiple awards at the Australian Webstream awards, including best director and writer.
From 2016-2017, she was a social media creator for  DC COMICS  and regularly reviewed comics for their Youtube channel to over 4+ million subscribers.
Oh, and there was also that time her cat went viral on  TIKTOK  during Covid.

A number of her short films have screened internationally, such as her horror comedy short  PEER  which won 2nd place at the International Horror Hotel film festival and has been selected to play at several international horror film festivals. Another of her horror comedy shorts  COUNCIL CLEANUP  won the Audience Choice Award at the Sydney Underground Film Festival and was written, shot and edited in 48 hours as part of the TAKE48 competition.

In her spare time she enjoys playing video games, counting down the days til Halloween, discussing psychology, punching and kicking things in martial arts, sharing cat videos, advocating for animal rights and dreaming about space travel.

Kimberly is a proud member of the Australian Director's Guild, Australian Writer's Guild and Women in Film and Television (WIFT).