ABOUT

Katey Lee Carson is a director, producer and screenwriter. With her first short film The Washing Up, she was invited to Sundance for the Ghetto Film School showcase at the age of 20. Her latest fiction short The Secret Assistants starring Camille Rutherford and Richard Hope is set to premiere in 2025. A Berlinale Talents alumna, her work includes the fiction short Harold (Durban International Film Festival, Shnit, and Best Film at the Cape Winelands Film Festival), the documentary short Painting Cape Town (Durban International Film Festival, Shnit), and the documentary feature film The Waste Trade (Ischia Film Festival). She has also worked as an assistant director on major international productions, including Luca Guadagnino’s Queer and David Lowery’s Mother Mary.