Katie Prentiss

Launching her filmmaking career in midlife Katies deeply lived and wellexamined life has developed her into a rich storyteller Filmmaking is the perfect culmination of her degree in English her 20 years as a portrait photographer and her experience raising four children She also attributes grief to launching her career because of how it can cut through the noise and force us to find what really matters in life Her first short film Front Porches 2020 was inspired by her experience of caring for her mother after a diagnosis of earlyonset dementia Since shes made an award willing mini web series Gamer 20222024 before moving on to her first feature film Wake Up Maggie 2026 Katie was recently awarded the opportunity to participate in the Sundance Collab The Bridge cohort in Portland OR and is proud to be an Oregon actorfilmmaker When shes not acting or directing youll find her practicing yoga hiking in the PNW with friends traveling writing and probably refilling her coffee