Kim Waltrip

Kim Waltrip is a Producer and Director. Among her many film productions, she's also the President of Palm Springs Women in Film and has served as a juror for the Palm Springs International Short Fest, the California Independent Film Festival, the Red Rock Film Festival, the International Youth Silent Film Festival and is co-founder of the Feartastic Film Festival. She has moderated panels at Palm Springs Comic Con and has received the Most Valuable Patron award by the Garden State Film Festival. Her career began in New York City with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency, in 1976. She traveled the world and has lived in Paris, Milan, Cannes, Munich and Zurich. In 1998, after the death of her friend Sonny Bono, Kim Waltrip moved to Palm Springs where she began work as the District Director for Congresswoman Mary Bono. There she helped establish the "Mary Bono Walk for Children's Charities," the "First Annual 44th Congressional District Mock Congress," the "Congressional Art Competition" was th