Graphic props are a key part to any art department.

I specialize in graphic props, key art, and photo compositing. I began doing graphic design as a way to express my interest in movies, television, and books, and it has grown into a way to help tell stories through the screen. All films benefit from well-designed props, from capturing the mundane clutter of offices to creating a convincing stylized universe. Without graphic design, the worlds we enter through films would not feel nearly as lively or real. Graphics add longevity and authenticity to any film.

I am particularly interested in graphic design as a means to learn about history, methods of communication, and historical techniques - and the relation these things have to design and aesthetics, how technology has affected the look and purpose of design and the ways we communicate with each other throughout history - from how we write letters to how we use highway signs to how we think about commercial advertisements.

Want to contact Kim?

kimberens@gmail.com

FILMOGRAPHY

Films

Trim Season (Feature) 2023 { link }

Vide Noir (Feature) 2022 { link }

Something in the Dirt (Feature) 2022 { link }

She Dies Tomorrow (Feature) 2020 { link }

Archenemy (Feature) 2020 { link }

Synchronic (Feature) 2019 { link }

Fragile[dot]com (Short) 2019

The Endless (Feature) 2018 { link }

America’s Next Top YouTuber (Short) 2018 { link }

Unimundo 45 (Short) 2018 { link }

Sterling (Short) 2018 { link }

Mortuary Collection (Collection of Shorts) 2017 { link }

Hold On (Feature) 2016 { link }

Show Yourself (Feature) 2016 { link }

Mixed Tape (Short) 2016

Danny Boy (Short) 2016 { link }

Starve (Short) 2016

Goodbye Vesna (Short) 2015 { link }

Sleep, Wake, Forget (Feature) { link }

The Duke: Based on the Memoir I'm The Duke by J.P. Duke (Short) 2016 { link }

Child of the Sky (Short) 2016 { link }

Brentwood Strangler (Short) 2015 { link }

All These Voices (Short) 2015 { link }

God Helmet (Short) 2014

Music Videos

Death Cab for Cutie | Gold Rush, 2018 { link }

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | You Worry Me | Flyaway Sweepstakes Winner, 2018 { link }

Lord Huron | The Night We Met, 2017 { link }

Todrick Hall | Bla Bla Bla, 2016 { link }

Todrick Hall | If I Had A Heart, 2016 { link }

Lord Huron | The World Ender,  2016 { link }

Childish Gambino | Sober, 2015 { link }

Jamie N Commons | Marathon, 2016 { link }

Meg Myers | Lemon Eyes, 2015 { link }

DJ Tommy Trash | Wake The Giant, 2015 { link }

Lord Huron | Fool For Love, 2015 { link }

Television / Web Series

Traveling Picture Show Company | C.Zure 2019

DreamWorksTV | We Build It, We Break It (Six Episodes) 2018

Universal / DreamWorks | Junk Drawer Magical Adventures 2017

DreamWorksTV | Junk Drawer Magic (Twelve Episodes) 2017

DreamWorksTV | Make It Break It (Season 2, Six Episodes) 2017

AwesomenessTV | Guidance (Season 2, Ten Episodes) 2016

Commercial

Rally Health - Kevin Hart at the Drive Thru 2018 { link }

Stein Mart 2018 { link }

13th Street / Universal 2017 { link }

UPS 2016 { link }