When Kim Director heard about a "Blair Witch" sequel she was at first skeptical (and sad that the original team wasn't going to be a part of it), but "hit the floor" when she found out she was going to be directed by acclaimed "Paradise Lost" documentarian Joe Berlinger. She describes her psychic Kim Diamond character in "Book of Shadows" as a "very intuitive, slightly depressed, acidic goth girl." Director feels the follow-up didn't do well because it was marketed wrong, and that it ultimately "had a lot that it had to fight against."
Despite its failure, "Book of Shadows" was a breakout role for Director — actually her forth one, after securing small parts in the Spike Lee films "He Got Game," "Summer of Sam" and "Bamboozled." She reunited with Lee in 2004 for "She Hate Me," 2006's "Inside Man," and the 2017-2019 Netflix series version of his "She's Gotta Have it." Outside of her Lee collaborations, she has kept busy with other films, as well as appearances in notable shows like "Sex and the City," "Law & Order," "Orange is the New Black," "The Good Wife," and "Gotham." One of her larger, more memorable recent roles was as the heroin addicted prostitute Shay on HBO's "The Deuce."
The Pittsburgh born, current "blue-eyed girl in NYC," who sometimes gets mistaken for fellow actress Debi Mazar, keeps up with her "Blair" fans on Twitter and Instagram.
