Katherine Craft is a Texan playwright and filmmaker with an MFA in Screenwriting from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MA in Applied Drama from Goldsmiths College at the University of London.
Most recently, she created, wrote, and directed the Audible Original SHAKY, a nine-episode comedy series, due out soon. Her feature script SKRRRT!, co-written with Gabriela Garcia Medina, was a finalist for the Athena List and was awarded the Athena List Disney Development Grant. She was a staff writer on BEST FOOT FORWARD on Apple TV+, and is the creator and writer of the Snap Original Series KAPPA CRYPTO.
She received an HBOAccess Writing Fellowship, and her pilot HALFWAY, written as part of the program, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. She has written and produced several short narrative films, including JUNE, which won first place in the HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries showcase, and CHARLOTTE AND CHARLIE, which was a finalist in the PBS Online Film Festival.
Before becoming a screenwriter, she worked at several arts and direct services nonprofits. She founded Conspire Theatre, a nonprofit that used theatre to work with women during and after incarceration, and was a teaching artist for arts education organizations in Austin, Chicago, and London.
