Katie is an Emmy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and commercial director. Her films have received support from esteemed organizations, including the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Tribeca Film Institute.

Katie's feature directorial debut, Brooklyn Castle, won the SXSW Audience Award, was selected as a New York Times Critic's Pick, and was broadcast nationally by PBS's acclaimed POV series.

As a commercial director at Courageous Studios, Warner Bros. Discovery's branded content studio, Katie creates emotionally-resonant and purpose-driven stories on behalf of brands including Delta, Sleep Number, Subaru, Hulu, Lego, The Salvation Army, Abbott, and Micron.  Her recent work for Amica won the Digiday Best Brand Series award.

Katie’s latest documentary feature, Small Town Universe, is currently on the film festival circuit. It has screened nationwide at the San Francisco Doc Fest, the Heartland International Film Festival, the Sidewalk Film Festival, the Brooklyn Film Festival, where it received the Audience Award, and the Cleveland International Film Festival, where it won the Global Health Competition Award. Small Town Universe will have a national broadcast on PBS's Reel South series in April 2025.