Award winning director who sharpens her teeth by creating documentary films & branded content that hack the wit. Best known for a high octane worth ethic, insatiable curiosity and unending optimism. Believes that crews, projects and life are best staffed with grounded, passionate, intentional and inquisitive minds. FORMAL BIO:Award winning filmmaker Ky Dickens is best known for her acclaimed documentaries that shift public policy and culture. She’s been hailed a storyteller at the intersection of film and complex social issues - demonstrated by receiving the Focus Award for Achievement in Directing and the Change Maker Award for influencing social change through art and film.Ky just released her fifth feature film SHOW HER THE MONEY, featuring award winning actors Elizabeth Banks and Sharon Gless. The film opened theatrically in New York and Los Angeles in December 2023 as part of the For Your Consideration Campaign for a “Best Documentary” Oscar Nomination. It’s won three Jury Prizes for “Best Documentary,” including from the Los Angeles International Film Festival. Her 2021 Film, #TimeToCare premiered at SXSW and then for the United State Congress. #TimeToCare goes behind the scenes with social influencers whose surreal caregiving journeys made them TikTok sensations. Her film ZERO WEEKS (Amazon), about America’s paid leave crisis, premiered its trailer at the White House Summit on the United State of Women, hosted by Oprah & Michelle Obama. Her 2019 film, THE CITY THAT SOLD AMERICA (Freestyle Releasing) is about Chicago’s crucial place in American consumer culture and modern advertising. The film is a sequel to Emmy-award winning ART & COPY. Her groundbreaking film, SOLE SURVIVOR (CNN FILMS), profiled lone survivors of otherwise fatal plane crashes. From 2019-2021, Ky rolled out a series of award-winning short films about Americans dying of curable diseases due to the Medicaid Gap (CRITICAL CONDITION, ON THE EDGE & LEFT BEHIND). She is in development on a Netflix Docuseries with Radical Media titled SIGNAL, to be released in 2024. She just directed her first narrative film, IN THE JUNGLE, slated to be released in 2024. Collectively, her films have won more than 20 audience choice, best film or best directing awards.In addition to her feature film work, Ky directs commercials for some of the biggest brands in America. Her clients include Netflix, Google, Facebook, TikTok and Johnson & Johnson. She’s an active member of Film Fatales Los Angeles and a member of the Directors Guild of America. She lives in Los Angeles, with her family.
Listed skills include Film, Documentaries, Video, Editing, and 36 others.
