The Clearing

Kat’s first spec sale, … into the land of Nod, was purchased by Warner Brothers for producer Wendy Finerman with Robin Wright Penn attached to star. Also at Warner’s, Kat wrote the American adaptation of Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! for Spring Creek. Other scripts-for-hire include: a Jean Seberg biopic for Jodie Foster to star/produce; The Lady’s Transgression, for Universal and producer Rafaella DeLaurentis, an untitled true story for STARZ!/Encore about a groundbreaking lawsuit against the American gun industry; and xxx.com, about the prosecution of internet pornographers, for Fox/FX, director Jeremiah Chechik and producers Rudy Langlais and Norman Stephens.

The Clearing, which was developed at the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, marks Kat's debut as a film director. The film traveled extensively on the festival circuit, garnering multiple awards, and aired on the Independent Film Channel, PBS, two airlines and was published on the DVD magazine, Filmfest.
Kat's plays have been produced off-Broadway and regionally. Prior to writing features, Kat was a produced playwright and freelance television writer, working with producers Jeffrey Lewis, Tom Fontana and Georgia Jeffries, among others. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in screenwriting, was selected for IFP’s Directors Lab and as one of 25 “New Faces to Watch” by Filmmaker magazine. Kat is currently at work on several projects, including a new screenplay and her first novel, The Ghost Child.
 

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Laurel Holloman is an alum of NYU. She studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago, the British American Academy in London and with John Lynn in Los Angeles. Laurel made her film debut in 1995 in the Sundance hit, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She has worked continuously ever since, in leading and supporting roles in films ranging from The Myth of Fingerprints, Boogie Nights, Tumbleweeds, and television shows such as Angel, and the period drama The Rising Place. Holloman was cast opposite Jennifer Beals on the popular Showtime series The L Word, for which she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, and a Bravo A-List Award for “Sexiest TV Moment”. Laurel is married to production designer Paul Macherey; they have two daughters.

Titus Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a fashion illustrator and landscape painter Neil Welliver. He grew up surrounded by poets and painters and credits them for his creativity. Titus moved to New York in 1980 and studied at HB Acting Studios while attending NYU. His first paid acting job was in Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen. He went on to work in many films including JFK, The Doors and Gone Baby Gone. On stage, Titus has appeared in productions of American Buffalo, Naked at the Coast, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Riff Raff, Laurence Fishburne’s directing debut, which was later made into the film Once in the Life, where Titus reprised his stage role. He has been a regular face on television screens, on shows including X-Files, NYPD Blue, Falcone, Brooklyn South, Numb3rs, Lost, and as a series regular in the highly acclaimed HBO drama, Deadwood. Titus is married to actress Joanna Heimbold. They have a son named Eamonn.

Amy began her film career as a script analyst for Francis Ford Coppola and his then-young Zoetrope Studios. She went on to assist cinematographer Gordon Willis on Stardust Memories , and director Milos Forman on Amadeus and Ragtime. She produced indie features Static and cult-favorite Repo Man, as well as numerous music videos, documentaries and commercials before location managing over 15 features, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Bugsy and Forrest Gump. She served as production manager on films including Multiplicity, Get Shorty, Men In Black and The Fast and the Furious. Amy is married to production designer Dennis Gassner; they live in Hollywood, California.

A Los Angeles native, Melanie served as a buyer liaison for the Independent Feature Film Market in New York and as East Coast Story Editor at New Line Cinema. In LA, Melanie was Vice President of Development for Glenn Gordon Caron's Picturemaker Productions. As an independent producer, Melanie co-produced The Royal Court, from filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass) in association with Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures and the short film, Women Without Implants, with writer/director/actress Anne DeSalvo.

Kat’s first spec sale, … into the land of Nod, was purchased by Warner Brothers for producer Wendy Finerman with Robin Wright Penn attached to star. Also at Warner’s, Kat wrote the American adaptation of Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! for Spring Creek. Other scripts-for-hire include: a Jean Seberg biopic for Jodie Foster to star/produce; The Lady’s Transgression, for Universal and producer Rafaella DeLaurentis, an untitled true story for STARZ!/Encore about a groundbreaking lawsuit against the American gun industry; and xxx.com, about the prosecution of internet pornographers, for Fox/FX, director Jeremiah Chechik and producers Rudy Langlais and Norman Stephens.

The Clearing, which was developed at the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, marks Kat's debut as a film director. The film traveled extensively on the festival circuit, garnering multiple awards, and aired on the Independent Film Channel, PBS, two airlines and was published on the DVD magazine, Filmfest.
Kat's plays have been produced off-Broadway and regionally. Prior to writing features, Kat was a produced playwright and freelance television writer, working with producers Jeffrey Lewis, Tom Fontana and Georgia Jeffries, among others. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in screenwriting, was selected for IFP’s Directors Lab and as one of 25 “New Faces to Watch” by Filmmaker magazine. Kat is currently at work on several projects, including a new screenplay and her first novel, The Ghost Child.
 

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Laurel Holloman is an alum of NYU. She studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago, the British American Academy in London and with John Lynn in Los Angeles. Laurel made her film debut in 1995 in the Sundance hit, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She has worked continuously ever since, in leading and supporting roles in films ranging from The Myth of Fingerprints, Boogie Nights, Tumbleweeds, and television shows such as Angel, and the period drama The Rising Place. Holloman was cast opposite Jennifer Beals on the popular Showtime series The L Word, for which she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, and a Bravo A-List Award for “Sexiest TV Moment”. Laurel is married to production designer Paul Macherey; they have two daughters.

Titus Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a fashion illustrator and landscape painter Neil Welliver. He grew up surrounded by poets and painters and credits them for his creativity. Titus moved to New York in 1980 and studied at HB Acting Studios while attending NYU. His first paid acting job was in Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen. He went on to work in many films including JFK, The Doors and Gone Baby Gone. On stage, Titus has appeared in productions of American Buffalo, Naked at the Coast, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Riff Raff, Laurence Fishburne’s directing debut, which was later made into the film Once in the Life, where Titus reprised his stage role. He has been a regular face on television screens, on shows including X-Files, NYPD Blue, Falcone, Brooklyn South, Numb3rs, Lost, and as a series regular in the highly acclaimed HBO drama, Deadwood. Titus is married to actress Joanna Heimbold. They have a son named Eamonn.

Amy began her film career as a script analyst for Francis Ford Coppola and his then-young Zoetrope Studios. She went on to assist cinematographer Gordon Willis on Stardust Memories , and director Milos Forman on Amadeus and Ragtime. She produced indie features Static and cult-favorite Repo Man, as well as numerous music videos, documentaries and commercials before location managing over 15 features, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Bugsy and Forrest Gump. She served as production manager on films including Multiplicity, Get Shorty, Men In Black and The Fast and the Furious. Amy is married to production designer Dennis Gassner; they live in Hollywood, California.

A Los Angeles native, Melanie served as a buyer liaison for the Independent Feature Film Market in New York and as East Coast Story Editor at New Line Cinema. In LA, Melanie was Vice President of Development for Glenn Gordon Caron's Picturemaker Productions. As an independent producer, Melanie co-produced The Royal Court, from filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass) in association with Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures and the short film, Women Without Implants, with writer/director/actress Anne DeSalvo.

Kat’s first spec sale, … into the land of Nod, was purchased by Warner Brothers for producer Wendy Finerman with Robin Wright Penn attached to star. Also at Warner’s, Kat wrote the American adaptation of Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! for Spring Creek. Other scripts-for-hire include: a Jean Seberg biopic for Jodie Foster to star/produce; The Lady’s Transgression, for Universal and producer Rafaella DeLaurentis, an untitled true story for STARZ!/Encore about a groundbreaking lawsuit against the American gun industry; and xxx.com, about the prosecution of internet pornographers, for Fox/FX, director Jeremiah Chechik and producers Rudy Langlais and Norman Stephens.

The Clearing, which was developed at the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, marks Kat's debut as a film director. The film traveled extensively on the festival circuit, garnering multiple awards, and aired on the Independent Film Channel, PBS, two airlines and was published on the DVD magazine, Filmfest.
Kat's plays have been produced off-Broadway and regionally. Prior to writing features, Kat was a produced playwright and freelance television writer, working with producers Jeffrey Lewis, Tom Fontana and Georgia Jeffries, among others. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in screenwriting, was selected for IFP’s Directors Lab and as one of 25 “New Faces to Watch” by Filmmaker magazine. Kat is currently at work on several projects, including a new screenplay and her first novel, The Ghost Child.
 

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Laurel Holloman is an alum of NYU. She studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago, the British American Academy in London and with John Lynn in Los Angeles. Laurel made her film debut in 1995 in the Sundance hit, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She has worked continuously ever since, in leading and supporting roles in films ranging from The Myth of Fingerprints, Boogie Nights, Tumbleweeds, and television shows such as Angel, and the period drama The Rising Place. Holloman was cast opposite Jennifer Beals on the popular Showtime series The L Word, for which she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, and a Bravo A-List Award for “Sexiest TV Moment”. Laurel is married to production designer Paul Macherey; they have two daughters.

Titus Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a fashion illustrator and landscape painter Neil Welliver. He grew up surrounded by poets and painters and credits them for his creativity. Titus moved to New York in 1980 and studied at HB Acting Studios while attending NYU. His first paid acting job was in Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen. He went on to work in many films including JFK, The Doors and Gone Baby Gone. On stage, Titus has appeared in productions of American Buffalo, Naked at the Coast, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Riff Raff, Laurence Fishburne’s directing debut, which was later made into the film Once in the Life, where Titus reprised his stage role. He has been a regular face on television screens, on shows including X-Files, NYPD Blue, Falcone, Brooklyn South, Numb3rs, Lost, and as a series regular in the highly acclaimed HBO drama, Deadwood. Titus is married to actress Joanna Heimbold. They have a son named Eamonn.

Amy began her film career as a script analyst for Francis Ford Coppola and his then-young Zoetrope Studios. She went on to assist cinematographer Gordon Willis on Stardust Memories , and director Milos Forman on Amadeus and Ragtime. She produced indie features Static and cult-favorite Repo Man, as well as numerous music videos, documentaries and commercials before location managing over 15 features, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Bugsy and Forrest Gump. She served as production manager on films including Multiplicity, Get Shorty, Men In Black and The Fast and the Furious. Amy is married to production designer Dennis Gassner; they live in Hollywood, California.

A Los Angeles native, Melanie served as a buyer liaison for the Independent Feature Film Market in New York and as East Coast Story Editor at New Line Cinema. In LA, Melanie was Vice President of Development for Glenn Gordon Caron's Picturemaker Productions. As an independent producer, Melanie co-produced The Royal Court, from filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass) in association with Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures and the short film, Women Without Implants, with writer/director/actress Anne DeSalvo.

Kat’s first spec sale, … into the land of Nod, was purchased by Warner Brothers for producer Wendy Finerman with Robin Wright Penn attached to star. Also at Warner’s, Kat wrote the American adaptation of Almodovar's Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! for Spring Creek. Other scripts-for-hire include: a Jean Seberg biopic for Jodie Foster to star/produce; The Lady’s Transgression, for Universal and producer Rafaella DeLaurentis, an untitled true story for STARZ!/Encore about a groundbreaking lawsuit against the American gun industry; and xxx.com, about the prosecution of internet pornographers, for Fox/FX, director Jeremiah Chechik and producers Rudy Langlais and Norman Stephens.

The Clearing, which was developed at the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women, marks Kat's debut as a film director. The film traveled extensively on the festival circuit, garnering multiple awards, and aired on the Independent Film Channel, PBS, two airlines and was published on the DVD magazine, Filmfest.
Kat's plays have been produced off-Broadway and regionally. Prior to writing features, Kat was a produced playwright and freelance television writer, working with producers Jeffrey Lewis, Tom Fontana and Georgia Jeffries, among others. She is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts grant in screenwriting, was selected for IFP’s Directors Lab and as one of 25 “New Faces to Watch” by Filmmaker magazine. Kat is currently at work on several projects, including a new screenplay and her first novel, The Ghost Child.
 

A native of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Laurel Holloman is an alum of NYU. She studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago, the British American Academy in London and with John Lynn in Los Angeles. Laurel made her film debut in 1995 in the Sundance hit, The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She has worked continuously ever since, in leading and supporting roles in films ranging from The Myth of Fingerprints, Boogie Nights, Tumbleweeds, and television shows such as Angel, and the period drama The Rising Place. Holloman was cast opposite Jennifer Beals on the popular Showtime series The L Word, for which she won the Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, and a Bravo A-List Award for “Sexiest TV Moment”. Laurel is married to production designer Paul Macherey; they have two daughters.

Titus Welliver was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of a fashion illustrator and landscape painter Neil Welliver. He grew up surrounded by poets and painters and credits them for his creativity. Titus moved to New York in 1980 and studied at HB Acting Studios while attending NYU. His first paid acting job was in Navy SEALs with Charlie Sheen. He went on to work in many films including JFK, The Doors and Gone Baby Gone. On stage, Titus has appeared in productions of American Buffalo, Naked at the Coast, Henry IV, Parts I and II, and Riff Raff, Laurence Fishburne’s directing debut, which was later made into the film Once in the Life, where Titus reprised his stage role. He has been a regular face on television screens, on shows including X-Files, NYPD Blue, Falcone, Brooklyn South, Numb3rs, Lost, and as a series regular in the highly acclaimed HBO drama, Deadwood. Titus is married to actress Joanna Heimbold. They have a son named Eamonn.

Amy began her film career as a script analyst for Francis Ford Coppola and his then-young Zoetrope Studios. She went on to assist cinematographer Gordon Willis on Stardust Memories , and director Milos Forman on Amadeus and Ragtime. She produced indie features Static and cult-favorite Repo Man, as well as numerous music videos, documentaries and commercials before location managing over 15 features, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Bugsy and Forrest Gump. She served as production manager on films including Multiplicity, Get Shorty, Men In Black and The Fast and the Furious. Amy is married to production designer Dennis Gassner; they live in Hollywood, California.

A Los Angeles native, Melanie served as a buyer liaison for the Independent Feature Film Market in New York and as East Coast Story Editor at New Line Cinema. In LA, Melanie was Vice President of Development for Glenn Gordon Caron's Picturemaker Productions. As an independent producer, Melanie co-produced The Royal Court, from filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (River of Grass) in association with Jodie Foster's Egg Pictures and the short film, Women Without Implants, with writer/director/actress Anne DeSalvo.