Katherine W.

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KATHERINE FAIRFAX WRIGHT is a Los Angeles based filmmaker. She is the director, editor, cinematographer, and producer of the feature-length documentary BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TODRICK HALL, which premiered at SXSW and is now available worldwide on Netflix. Wright produced the Wattsset gangster drama IMPERIAL DREAMS, which stars John Boyega and won the Best of NEXT Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival and is now a Netflix Original. Wright is also the director (along with Malika Zouhali- Worrall), editor, and cinematographer of the critically-acclaimed featurelength documentary CALL ME KUCHU, which tells the story of the last year in the life the first openly gay man in Uganda. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, went on to play at more than 200 festivals, and win more than 20 awards. It's been released theatrically and digitally around the globe, broadcast on BBC World, and continues to screen for high level diplomatic audiences and at advocacy events worldwide, including through distribution by the United Nations. Wright has also directed commercials and branded content for companies such as McDonald’s, The Standard Hotel, Perrier-Jouët champagne, and Corridor. Her print and video work have been published by The New York Times, Human Rights Watch, CNN, and The Huffington Post. She is an alumnus of the Berlinale Talents, the Chaz and Roger Ebert Directing Fellowship, the Film Independent Documentary Lab, The Garrett Scott Development Grant, and the Film Independent Producing Lab. Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Katherine was raised in Los Angeles and graduated with a double major in Film Studies and Anthropology from Columbia University.

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