Education
Kat Candler graduated in Creative Writing at Florida State University and now lives in Austin, Texas.
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Kat Candler graduated in Creative Writing at Florida State University and now lives in Austin, Texas.
She has credits as a director, writer, producer and editors Kat Candler is an award winning writer/ director Kat"s follow up feature, Jumping off Bridges, screened at South by Southwest, Jacksonville Film Festival and Cine World Film Festival.
Her films have played on public broadcasting service (Public Broadcasting Service), International Finance Corporation, at suicide prevention and mental health conferences, and in theaters across the country.
Kat Candler participated twice in the Independent Filmmaker Project(French Institute of Petroleum ) Market"s Emerging Narrative Section. Her screenplays have also placed as a finalist in other competitions including the Chesterfield Fellowship Competition, Sundance Screenwriters" Laboratory, and Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
Kat Candler currently teaches as a Lecturer in the Department of Radio-Television-Film (RTF) department at the University of Texas. Kat Candler’s films have played at Sundance, SXSW, Los Angeles Film Festival, San Francisco International Film Festival, Houston Museum of Modern Art, The National Institutes of Health, and on Public Broadcasting Service. Her feature, "Hellion" starring Aaron Paul and Juliette Lewis, played in competition at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was released through International Finance Corporation Films.
Hellion was a Sundance Creative Producing Laboratory participant, in addition to San Francisco Film Society, and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant recipient.
Candler was recently a Sundance Institute Women's Initiative Fellow and second time San Francisco Film Society/Kenneth Rainin Foundation Grant recipient for her upcoming "Untitled Metal Project". She recently completed the short film "The Rusted for Ron Howard" and Canon’s Project Imagination starring Josh Hutcherson and Jena Malone. Interview with Austinist.
2013 Grand Jury Prize, Dallas International Film Festival, Black Metal 2012 Number Borders French Institute of Petroleum Participant, Hellion 2012 Best Short Film, Cine Chicks Film Festival, Hellion 2012 Texas Filmmakers Production Fund Recipient, Black Metal 2012 Best Live Action Short, BAMKids, Love Bug 2012 Best Live Action Short, Children"s Film Festival Seattle, Love Bug 2011 French Institute of Petroleum Emerging Narrative Participant, Nikki is a Punk Rocker 2011 Best Short, Festival Internacional de Cine Para Ninos, Love Bug 2010 2nd Place Jury Prize, Chicago"s Children"s Film Festival, Love Bug 2010 Best Florida Short Film, Jacksonville Film Festival, Love Bug 2010 semi-finalist, Austin Film Festival, Never Date a Teen Idol 2010 Traverse City Comedy Arts Festival, Audience Award, Love Bug 2009 Austin Film Festival Audience Award, Love Bug 2009 Official Participant in the Tribeca All Access Program, The Spider in the Bathtub 2007 Austin Chronicle Cover Story 2007 Austin Breakout Filmmaker, Austin American Statesman.
