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Kathryn Carlson
(She/her/hers)
Creative Director, SideXSide Studios
Washington D.C., District of Columbia
US
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Kathryn is a globe-trotting Director and DOP, avid cross-stitcher and baker, proud cat lady and new mother.
About
Kathryn is an award-winning director, cinematographer, and editor. She has traveled throughout six continents for original film and commercial documentaries. Her short documentary, Finding Us, premiered in 2022 at the AmDocs Film Festival. Her cinematography was part of Emmy-winning VICE News coverage of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings and nominated with the Al Jazeera Fault Lines team. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting while working at National Geographic. Kathryn is also a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee. She currently works as Creative Director at SideXSide Studios documentary production company in DC. She is also a new mother, juggling cameras and a baby!