Kim A. Snyder

Kim A. Snyder is an award-winning American filmmaker and producer. Previously, she spent some time contributing to Variety.

Snyder made her directorial debut with the 2000 documentary, I Remember Me, a biographical film chronicling her struggles with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). In 2016, Snyder won at the Crested Butte Film Festival ACTNow award for Newtown and was nominated at Sundance Film Festival in Grand Jury Prize-Documentary.

She currently resides in New York City.

Snyder received a bachelor's from George Washington University in 1983 and a master's in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in 1986. Upon completion of her masters, Snyder worked in international trade. She became involved in filmmaking as an international film consultant and U.S. Producer's Representative in Europe in the early 1990s.

She is an advocate for the use of film as a medium to promote social change. As a co-founder of the BeCause Foundation, which aims to better the lives of children, Snyder produced three short films—Alone No Love, One Bridge to the Next and Crossing Midnight—to raise awareness on issues of child sexual abuse, healthcare, homelessness and refugee integration. Previously, Snyder also served on the admissions committee for the Graduate Film Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Snyder credits curiosity for her start in filmmaking. Following some time representing films in Eastern Europe, she broke the production side of the indie film industry.

Snyder worked as an associate producer for the 1994 Oscar-winning short film Trevor, which tells the story of suicidal gay teenager. Trevor was later picked up by HBO, and Ellen DeGeneres hosted the airing. The directors of the film, Randy Stone and Peggy Rajski, realized the need for young people to have a safe way to discuss their feelings about sexuality, and thus in 1998 created the Trevor Lifeline (now the Trevor Project). The Trevor Lifeline became "the first national crisis intervention and suicide prevention lifeline for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth."Trevor won the 1995 Academy Award for Best Action Live Short.

While working as an assistant for production on Jodie Foster's film Home for the Holidays (1995), Snyder became ill with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a debilitating and complex disorder characterized by intense fatigue. I Remember Me (2000) became Snyder's biographical documentary debut She directed, produced, wrote and appeared in the film. It explored the history of and controversy behind CFS.

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