FOUNDER | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER

Kimberly is a filmmaker and medical school drop-out who traded prescriptions for cameras in pursuit of narrative medicine.

In 2019, Kimberly founded Unfixed media productions to share stories of people living with chronic or rare conditions and how adversity can broaden our definition of what it means to live a “good life.” The Unfixed portfolio currently includes a docu-series, multiple mini-series, 2 podcasts, round-table webcast, and feature documentary film in production. Kimberly is lead producer, director, editor and occasional videographer on all Unfixed programming.

Her own experiences living with a rare, neurological disorder MdDS, has led to Kimberly’s larger advocacy role within the chronic illness community where she writes and speaks about her own patient experience. She is a member of the Global Advocacy Alliance, the PPAA (Patient and Physician Advocacy Alliance,) is a visiting faculty member with Global Genes, helped create a Course for Clinical Confidence - a medical school certificate course, is on the editorial board of the Journal of Health Design and is an ambassador for VeDA. She is also Life on the Level’s Best International Contribution Award and the recipient of the Invisible Disabilities Association’s Media Impact Award.

When Kimberly isn’t nurturing the many facets of Unfixed, she works a small, sustainable homestead with her husband David in rural Oregon. View more of her commercial and narrative work.

If you’d like to follow along as Kimberly share’s her intimate memoir (and the creation story of Unfixed) on the Unfixed Substack, click the button under her headshot.

Unfixed Media Productions is a self-funded labor-of-love. We are currently looking for sponsorships, grants, tax-deductible donations and individual project funding to keep this endeavor alive. I draw no personal income doing this work and the sense of purpose and fulfillment it brings can’t be monetized. But with a vision to grow into a more sustainable endeavor, creating new content for diverse patient communities for years to come, I’m at a point where I need financial support. Filmmaking isn’t a solo sport and any small grant or donation received to date has gone toward paying crew and contractors. I will sadly need to shut down Unfixed operations by the end of 2024 without significant support for future projects. If you or anyone you know can help keep this important work alive, please share or donate. Thank you.

BRAND DIRECTOR

David McLaughlin is a brand designer/strategist with over 30 years industry experience working with brands such as Nike, Microsoft, Dell, Apple, Starbucks, Victoria’s Secret, BCBG, Hurley, Pendleton, Hyatt Hotels, Mountain Hardwear, The North Face among others.

Previously he spent nearly 20 years as a designer, art director, and creative director at Nike working in apparel, timing/vision/tech and brand devisions where he held key brand positions in the launching of Nike Women’s and later working closely with Apple launching the initial Nike+ platform. As creative director his role was to prepare visual brand strategy and direction for new product concepts and category launches and develop seasonal direction for existing product ranges.

For the last 12 years he has worked as a consultant helping brands articulate and visualize their stories and positioning. With an extensive background in graphic design and writing, he is able to distill the most complex product or brand proposition into a clear, self-evident consumer facing story. His skill sets include developing brand standards, identity design, photography and photo direction concepting, storyboarding and direction, 3D visualization, packaging and retail.

David currently resides with his wife Kimberly on a small, rural farmstead outside of Portland, Oregon.