Biography
Kira Akerman is a documentary filmmaker, place-based learning and nonfiction media consultant, and educator. As a consultant for NOCGS, she has supported ED Rebecca Snedeker and AD Denise Frazier in writing and implementing the center's strategic plan.
Kira's debut feature documentary Hollow Tree won a Jury Prize at its premiere at the New Orleans Film Festival, and has been supported by International Documentary Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Sundance Institute, among others. Kira was selected for the 2019 PBS Wyncote Fellowship, 2019 Sundance Talent Forum Fellowship, the 2020 Gotham Documentary Lab, and the 2021 Climate Story Lab. Her essay “Filmmaking as a Classroom: A Documentary Practice for the Climate Crisis” was recently published in Southern Cultures. Previously, Kira’s short “Station 15” (PBS) screened on a Smithsonian exhibit across Louisiana, The Climate Museum, DocNYC, Imagine Science Film Fest, Sheffield Doc Fest, as well as in classes at Tulane University, Harvard University, LSU, and others.