Will Zimmerman originally hails from New York and graduated summa cum laude from Wake Forest University in May 2023 with a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Creative Studies, a degree combining courses across the film, journalism, and creative writing departments. Will has published two magazine-length stories in The Assembly, a magazine committed to deep reporting on place, people, and power in North Carolina. He has also produced several narrative films and documentaries, including A STORY ABOUT FOOD (and everything but), which screened at the RiverRun International Film Festival in 2022.