A studio instructor at the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University, Dow Kimbrell brought a varied set of experiences in architecture, art, literature, and publishing to his work with Finding Time.

Kimbrell earned an undergraduate degree in literature from Bard College and a master's degree in architecture from Ohio State. A member of the principal production team on Matthew Barney's film Cremaster 3, he worked on set as an assistant to the director of photography and the associate producer and as a set and prop fabricator. He also worked on Barney's 2003 exhibition The Cremaster Cycle at the Guggenheim Museum, where he was an art handler. Kimbrell, who has extensive experience in both print and online publishing, writes about architecture as a critic and pursues research on the relationship of humor to architecture.