E15 - Catalyst Spotlight: Katie Locke O’Brien

Our Catalyst Spotlight with Actor, Writer, Director & Producer, Katie Locke O’Brien.

 

Katie hails from New Hampshire and got her start as an actress on shows including JUSTIFIED, WEEDS, COMMUNITY, CHUCK, and Showtime's I'M DYING UP HERE. As a writer, Katie was featured on the prestigious Young & Hungry list in 2017. She co-wrote and produced the award-winning festival films THE REAL TRUTH BEHIND THE REAL TRUE STORY and the feature dramedy THE THING BEFORE THE THING, which came to Catalyst in 2020. Katie has developed comedy series with IFC, ABC & Warner Brothers.

 

Katie wrote & directed the festival short film DISCARD, and her 2018 short HAVE IT ALL, which she also wrote and in which she stars, was a finalist for HBO's Insider Comedy Short Challenge at the Women in Comedy Festival, a semi-finalist for the NBCU Short Film Competition, and took home the Jury Prize for all Narrative Short Films at the Napa Valley Film Festival. In 2018, Katie was selected for the inaugural class of NBC’s Female Forward Initiative for female episodic directors. She has since directed on multiple seasons of A.P. BIO and the new SAVED BY THE BELL, as well as several episodes each of PERFECT HARMONY, KENAN, and the upcoming CBS comedy GHOSTS.

 

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