Bio

Katrina Taylor is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer based in Portland, Oregon.  Before arriving in Portland, she planted vegetables in Guatemala, filmed giraffes in Zambia, scubadived in Australia and studied media in Edinburgh, Scotland.  She has been working in the field of documentary film production since graduating with a degree in Communications, Film and Dance from Elon University. She attended the university as a communications fellow and went on to collaborate with the school on a series of documentaries concerning AIDS in Namibia. She has been an editor with the Academy Award winning Empowerment Project, and following her work at Elon, an associate producer with the Discovery Channel Global Education Project.  She is currently the Director of Acquisitions for Collective Eye, Inc.  Through film and photography, she has documented people and places around the world, and hopes to continue making films that challenge and awaken our desire for change.  She is available for new projects.

Filmography:

2009; HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, ZAMBIA; director, editor, cinematographer
2008; DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING:TIPS FROM THE TRENCHES; assistant director, editor, cinematographer
2007: ELON ACADEMY; assistant producer and supervisor
2007; GREEN HAIR, GREY HAIR; director, editor and cinematographer
2007; LEFT AHEAD; associate producer, assistant editor
2006; DISCOVERY CHANNEL GLOBAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP;
Educational Documentaries, associate producer and production coordinator
2004; A MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY: HIV/AIDS IN NAMIBIA; director, editor and cinematographer
2003; WAGING PEACE; assistant editor and researcher

Awards:

• GREEN HAIR, GREY HAIR: Best short documentary at Our City Film Festival, 2009
• GREEN HAIR, GREY HAIR: Selected for Carolina Film and Video Festival, Reel Women Film Festival, D.C. Independent Film Festival and DIY Film Festival, 2007-2009
•Elon University: Invited to be Artist in Residence, 2008
• Telly Awards for videos produced with Discovery Channel Global Education Partnership, 2005-2007
• AWAKEN, Independent choreography accepted into gala performance of the American College Dance Festival, film combined the medium of film with dance, 2006
• A MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY: Communicator Awards highest honor and Honorable Mention at Carolina Film and Video Festival, 2005
• A MEASURE OF OUR HUMANITY: Accepted into Artivist Film Festival, Oxnard Independent Film Festival, 2005
•Keynote presenter at Elon Board of Advisors Biannual conference, 2004