KIMBERLEY FERDINANDO

Kimberley Ferdinando is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning journalist and filmmaker. She draws from a versatile background in journalism and the performing arts to create narratively compelling and visually rich cinematic experiences. Kimberley is the showrunner and executive producer of The Sing Sing Chronicles, which won the 2025 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. Her latest work includes an upcoming Netflix feature directed by Chris Smith, the critically acclaimed film The Disappearance of Shere Hite, and the hit Peacock series John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise. 

Kimberley is the recipient of an Emmy Award, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, the Hillman Prize in Journalism, the RFK Book and Journalism Award and the Gracie Award for Best Documentary Series. She has been nominated for Outstanding Producer of a Documentary Motion Picture by the Producers Guild of America, Best Episodic Series by the International Documentary Association, and Best Nonfiction Series by Cinema Eye Honors. Her films have been featured at more than 30 film festivals around the world, including Sundance, IDFA (Best of Fest), Hot Docs (The Hottest Docs), DOC NYC (Shortlist: Features) and Doc10, among many others. 

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As Executive Producer at NBC News Studios, Kimberley is the lead creative producer and manager for each documentary film and series that she develops and oversees. Previously, Kimberley worked at Peacock Productions where she directed and produced documentaries, specials, nonfiction series and live events for broadcast networks and premium cable platforms. She has produced in virtually every nonfiction format and has more than a hundred credits to her name. 

Kimberley began her career in public radio as a news reporter at NPR affiliate WFUV- NY, where she was also the longtime producer of Vin Scelsa’s iconic freeform program Idiot’s Delight. She is a native New Yorker, lifelong question-asker, and dance major graduate of NYC's LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts.