Kat Candler

Kat Candler
Born Atlanta, Georgia
Alma mater Florida State University
Occupation Filmmaker

Kat Candler is an American independent filmmaker. She has credits as a director, writer, producer and film editor. Kat Candler graduated in Creative Writing at Florida State University and now lives in Austin, Texas.

Career

Kat Candler’s award winning films have screened at Sundance, SXSW, Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Houston Museum of Modern Art, The National Institutes of Health and on PBS. Her feature, Hellion starring Aaron Paul and Juliette Lewis, played in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released through IFC Films. Hellion was a Sundance Creative Producing Lab participant and San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant recipient. Candler was a 2015 Sundance Institute Women’s Initiative Fellow and second time San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant recipient for her upcoming Untitled Metal Project. In 2015 she wrote and directed the short film The Rusted for Ron Howard and Canon’s Project Imagination starring Josh Hutcherson and Jena Malone. Candler directed 2nd Unit for the upcoming Bad Moms and recently directed two episodes of Ava DuVernay and Oprah Winfrey's Queen Sugar for Harpo Productions and the OWN network.

Awards

Filmography

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