Kayli Kimura is a Japanese-American creative director and visual storyteller. She was a 2023-24 Armed with a Camera Fellow with Visual Communications and was selected as a mentee for Asian American Collective & Symphonic Women Empowered Mentorship Programs. Her documentary short film, sansedai, world premiered at the 40th annual LAAPFF and is currently screening in numerous film festivals around the world. Kayli has worked on a variety of commercials, TV shows, documentaries and music videos including projects for Netflix, Hulu, PBS, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Telfar, A$AP Rocky, Bad Bunny, J Balvin, and Adidas.
Kayli is the creative director and manager for Nigerian-American artist, AKINYEMI. Together they have collaborated on over a dozen visuals with their work recognized in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Lyrical Lemonade, Office Magazine, Wonderland Magazine, Earmilk, and Flaunt.
Kayli was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado and is currently based in Los Angeles though is often traveling the world and documenting her adventures on her YouTube channel, Kayemi Studio. She graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine with majors in Sociology and Environmental Studies and a minor in Music. She also studied cinematography at Maine Media Workshops and College in their cinematography intensive program.
Follow on social media: @kaylikimura
Contact: kimura.kayli@gmail.com