KYRA THOMPSON, VICE-PRESIDENT, CREATIVE VISIONS PRODUCTIONS

Kyra Thompson

Kyra Thompson is an award-winning filmmaker.  She has produced numerous documentary films for PBS, CNN, TBS, TNT and other networks.

She was nominated for an Emmy, an Independent Spirit Award and a DGA award for her work on Dying to Tell the Story.  She wrote, produced and directed two films for the acclaimed American Masters series on PBS:  Bob Newhart — Unbuttoned and Carol Burnett — A Woman of Character. She also wrote and Co-Executive Produced Craft in America, a multi-part series for PBS.  Among her other credits are Stand Up, Soldiers of Peace; Global Tribe; The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful and the landmark series A Century of Women.