Raised on her cinephile grandfather’s extensive collection of self-recorded VHS tapes featuring the likes of Gene Kelly, Humphrey Bogart, and Audrey Hepburn, it’s no surprise that Katie naturally gravitated towards the transcendent nature of film as an outlet for visual storytelling.
After graduating with her BFA in production design from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Katie moved from the suburbs of Philadelphia to Brooklyn to pursue a career in NYC’s film/TV industry. She started as a graphics assistant on ABC’s For Life before transitioning into two years as an art assistant on HBO’s The Gilded Age under the renowned designer Bob Shaw. Soon after, she started working in-house at 513 Design Studio, assistant art directing projects such as Netflix’s Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, HBO’s Tracy Morgan: Takin’ it Too Far, and Apple TV+’s MLS: Season Pass. This lead to a consistent collaboration with the lovely folks at the Stamford Media Center art directing multiple seasons of segments on both The Karamo Show and The Steve Wilkos Show, as well as assistant art directing narrative projects including S1 of Netflix’s Doozie’s Doghouse and the NY unit of Marco Perego-Saldaña’s upcoming feature Petrichor, and concept illustrating for clients like Tory Burch, NARS, Amazon, GAP, GRINDR, Planet Oat, and Peroni.
Recent production design credits include upcoming indie features Poetry Night, directed by Caedmon Fair, and St. George, directed by Andrew Pastides.
More than anything, Katie wants to spend her career making beautiful things with good friends that make the long days feel joyful and collaborative. She values a design practice rooted in research, color, and story – and fed by an open mind and candid communication.
Katie is a member of Local USA 829 and the Production Designer’s Collective. When she’s not working, she loves roaming through art museums and independent bookstores, and attempting to quench her insatiable fever to create across multiple mediums.
