Kimberly M. Wetherell made her first foray into the world of film, after more than ten years as an accomplished director in the operatic community, with her award-winning short film, Ménage à trois (The story of a boy… a girl… and her cell phone). It has screened in over 35 venues, 20 film festivals, played around the world as part of the inaugural Women in Film International Showcase (with 2005 Oscar-winning short film, WASP) and has been honored with Best Short Film at the Red Bank (NJ) International Film Festival, Filmmakers’ Favorite at the (Washington) DC Shorts Festival and was a Finalist at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, TX. The short film’s leading actors received the Best Actor and Best Actress Award at the Chicks With Flicks Film Festival in New York City. Her follow-up feature film project, A Pretty Girl (A Sheyne Meydl), is currently acquiring financing, and will be produced in association with Sweet 180* Films. Her most recent film is a short comedic documentary: Why We Wax which is currently taking the 2008 film festival circuit by storm.

Ms. Wetherell made her New York directorial debut with the 2003 Bronx Opera production of The Bartered Bride and made her operatic directing debut staging L’elisir d’amore at the Houston Grand Opera in 2000 – a veritable “wünderkind” at the age of 26. During her operatic tenure, she has worked on over 70 productions with more than 15 American and International opera companies, including Le Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Paris, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Seattle Opera, San Diego Opera and the Santa Fe Opera, in both directorial and producing capacities.

Her most recent operatic work is with The Opera Company of Brooklyn; for whom she created a 40-minute, young-audience version of Mozart's The Magic Flute, which is currently on tour throughout New York City public schools.

Ms. Wetherell is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, IL and has studied extensively in Europe at L'Alliance Francaise in Paris, France and Societa Dante Alighieri, in Siena, Italy. In June of 2004, she began her filmmaking career as a member of the New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) Revlon™ Intern/Mentorship program, and is a member of NYWIFT, IFP and CinewomenNY.

She is a native of Clearwater, FL and currently resides in New York City.