DIRECTOR / PRODUCER

Katie is an Emmy Award-nominated documentary and commercial director. Her directorial debut, Brooklyn Castle, won the SXSW Audience Award, was a New York Times Critic's Pick, and was nationally broadcast by PBS's POV series. Katie is a filmmaker at Courageous Studios, Warner Bros Discovery's branded content studio. Drafting off the journalistic heritage of CNN, Courageous specializes in bold, culturally relevant premium storytelling for advertisers. She has directed commercials for clients such as Amica, Delta, Sleep Number, Subaru, Hulu, Lego, The Salvation Army, Whirlpool, and many more. Katie's latest film, Small Town Universe, received support from Catapult Film Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Tribeca Film Institute, and The Sundance Institute, and recently world premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival.