Kyra Thompson
Supervising Producer
Kyra Thompson is an accomplished documentary filmmaker who has won numerous awards for her shows including a DGA award, an Independent Spirit Award, a Peabody, the Cine Eagle Award for Excellence as well as multiple Emmy Award nominations. She has produced and directed over a dozen documentaries including Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character; Dying to Tell the Story, on war journalists; Soldiers of Peace: A Children’s Crusade, highlighting the non-violent Colombian youth movement; and Stand Up: A Summer at Comedy Camp, about at-risk youth who learn to heal through laughter.











