Peter Hoffman Kimball is an award-winning screenwriter and director and, as the father of a deaf child, an advocate for d/Deaf representation. His 2023 film “Millstone” won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival, and he has directed two films which qualified for the Academy Awards. His films have screened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and such film festivals as Vancouver, Calgary, Cleveland, and Cucalorus. He is a former bouncer and German teacher and now is based in Washington, DC.