COHORT 1 PARTICIPANT

Kat has over two decades of experience in media production. While still in college in the US, she interned as an assistant story editor in New York, reading novels and scripts for potential film adaptation. After college she moved to LA and worked in digital visual effects and then as a production supervisor at DreamWorks Animation on The Prince of Egypt and Shrek. After meeting her Canadian husband, Kat moved to Vancouver and landed in video game production at Electronic Arts, managing teams of artists on various titles. In 2009, she left EA to start Turtlebox Productions with her cameraman husband, Cam. Turtlebox is largely focused on creating children’s media. They have produced dozens of shorts for PBS, Universal Kids, Sesame Workshop and CBC and they have several shows in development.