Emerging
Katie Pyne
Director / Screenwriter
Biography
Katie Pyne is a filmmaker crafting character-driven narratives for scripted and documentary video. She enjoys telling impactful true stories that foster empathy across cultural, gender and geographical barriers. Right now you will likely find her directing broadcast commercials or social impact docs for brands, and creating passion projects. In 2018 she directed and conceptualized the multi award-winning docuseries, Young Entrepreneurs for Hyundai that shows how the actions of a few can positively impact many. She got her start producing news and culture-related docs for CNN. This includes her Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Gulf Oil Disaster around the documentary, New Orleans Rising with Soledad O'Brien. As a network producer at Discovery Science Channel she worked on long form TV series and specials like Prophets Of Science Fiction With Ridley Scott and The Unexplained Files. Katie is excited about exploring different genres to offer a fresh take on portraying real life events. Contact Katie at pynefilm@gmail.com or 310.356.9909.