Katt Shea is a highly acclaimed writer-director known for her critically acclaimed films, including "Rescued By Ruby" (2022),which received a 100% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Katt has been honored by retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the British Film Institute in London, and various European festivals. She has also won the Silver Award for screenwriting at the Houston Film Festival and the Trailblazing Award for inspiring a generation of young filmmakers.
Her films have been profiled on the front page of The New York Times Arts & Leisure section and in a special issue of US Magazine dedicated to the role of the director in filmmaking. Critics have compared her to Martin Scorsese, Oliver Stone, and Ingmar Bergman.
Andrew Sarris has praised Katt's work, saying, "I see an unusually kinetic talent combined with a flare for complex narrative. Ms. Shea does little things so well that big meanings flow out of them."
Rolling Stone's Peter Travers has also praised Katt's work, saying, "The emotional resonance, visual sophistication, and strong subtext of Shea's work fuse to create a distinctive style worth monitoring."
Katt's film "The Rage: Carrie 2" opened at number two at the box office and received rave reviews from critics. Kevin Thomas of The Los Angeles Times called her "...a master of genre. Shea's ability to play various elements against one another gives 'The Rage' welcome complexity and tension."
Stuart Klawans of The Nation praised Katt's films, saying, "They are remarkable for their disquieting themes, for their style (bold, fluent, and varied)...Over the past dozen years, only five or six American women besides Shea have managed to turn out a comparable number of commercial features...Look at the beauty and terror that Katt Shea can achieve and ask whether there's motivation today for 'The Rage'."
Katt's films have also been praised for their examination of real-life toxic masculinity and misogyny, and their impact on the industry. Her film "Poison Ivy" inspired dozens of high-profile imitators and continues to influence the thriller genre.
Katt has also had success in television, winning the Peabody Award for her CBS TV movie "Sharing The Secret" and directing the CBS TV movie "Nora Roberts' Sanctuary", which was the first adaptation of a novel by the largest selling female author in history.
Katt's films continue to screen to sold-out audiences at art house cinemas across the country, including the New Beverly Theatre in Los Angeles. She is currently writing an indie feature for production in 2023 and is a voting member of the Academy.
