Active TV

Kimberly James | ASIA

Producer

Growingup with a heart for Non-Profit work and dreams of writing one great novel,Kimberly literally stumbled into a TV career when she moved to Asia in 2000.She arrived in Singapore for a month-long holiday and ended up staying to openReel Loco Productions with two friends, seeing its development from a tiny3-person show to a bustling production & broadcast design house. After trying her hand in various roles on each production, she realisedthat the creative problem solving and constantly changing chaos of a Producerfit like a glove. 

Sincethen, Kimberly has been working her tail off on any production she can -Entertainment, Documentary, Children's TV, Music Videos, Short Films,Commercials, Studio filming, Location shoots and more.  Most recently,she's been running around the world for four seasons of The Amazing Race Asia,the first to be produced outside of the US, as well as the 1st series of TheAmazing Race Israel.  She also coordinated production in 5 differentcountries (China, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, and the US) for the pilot ofDream Factory, a trilingual format produced for Beijing's BTV, Singapore's MCS5, and Indonesia's Indosiar.  Ultimate Escape gave Kimberly theopportunity to produce the holiday of a lifetime for deserving couples as wellas live out her own lifelong dream with a climb to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro. 

Herinitial development as a writer blossomed into screenwriting at theencouragement of TV Greats like Pat Ferns, "the Father of IndependentProduction" and National Geographic Channel's Martha Conboy.  She'swritten everything from preschool learning to documentary to lightheartedreality. Over the years, Kimberly has worked with top networks includingDisney, Sony Television, MTV, ESPN, Discovery, Nickelodeon, and many others. In the process, she's developed into an intelligent team player, buildingon assets and making things work. She's always up for anything and is excitedonce again to be part of the activeTV team. 

Althoughmaking the world a better place is still her passion, writing and directing afeature film has now become a career goal Kimberly hopes to achieve in the nottoo distant future.