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Kate Halpin
Kate is an award-winning director who works globally on commercials and music videos. She gravitates towards stylised comedy & deadpan dialogue.
Biography
Kate mastered the art of colour palettes and landing a quick gag with inattentive audiences way back in 2002, when she got her first job as a kid’s party clown. She spent the Summer being heckled by sugar-crazed seven year olds, and painting everything from tigers to ninja turtles on chocolate crackle-crusted faces from a palette of precisely 6 colours - and she’s never looked back.
With a comedic eye that's as insightfully sharp as her visual flair, Kate’s background as a production designer, actor (and clown) shines through every frame of her work. From deadpan dialogue, to stylised worlds with distinctive colour palettes, her work proves that comedy can look as good as it is funny. Working globally, Kate has directed campaigns for Bumble, Uber Eats, Nintendo, Wayfair, TK Maxx, Hyundai and UEFA, to name a few.
Kate’s films have screened at over 35 festivals worldwide, and she is a winner of a Cannes Silver Lion, and an Australian Directors Guild Award for ‘Best Director’. She is currently in development on two long-form projects set to be filmed in Australia and Thailand. While she has recently become the go-to director for llamas, felines and animatronic apes, her reputation for crafting noteworthy balloon animals has been well-established for years.
CONTACT: [email protected] | www.katehalpinfilm.com | +61 417 458 146