Kate Schermerhorn
Director
Luna Park Productions
"There's a mesmerizing quality to Kate Schermerhorn's work." - Evening Standard
"Delightfully quirky" - Scientific American
"Sublime and fascinating" - San Francisco Chronicle
"Nothing seems wasted, and nothing's excessive." The New Yorker
Emmy-winner director and still photographer Kate Schermerhorn started her production career as a teenager, working during school holidays as an underpaid P.A. for her producer father, whose work included the iconic American Express Don’t Leave Home Without It, and Lee Iacocca Chrystler series. Kate soon went on to work for others, including directors Tamra Davis, Matthew Rolston and Oscar-winner Michael Moore. She later abandoned Hollywood for London, where she focused on photography, and published America's Idea of a Good Time (Dewi Lewis), which explores America's pursuit of happiness. In 2002, Kate returned to California, to make her directorial debut with KQED co-production Seeking 1906. The hour-long documentary, about best-selling author Simon Winchester, won Kate an Emmy for directing, and a nomination for best historical/cultural feature. It was broadcast nationally on PBS.
Kate's 2nd long form doc - about modern marriage - After Happily Ever After won the 2012 Council for the Contemporary Family Media Award and was broadcast nationally in 2013. The following year her work won two Telly Awards and was nominated for a Maggie. Kate's past clients include Apple, GE, Sony, Interscope Records, Monrovia, Lunares, GreatSchools, UCSF, ITVS, and The Center for Justice and Accountability. Her photographs have appeared in Granta, The Times of London, The Independent, El Mundo,The Los Angeles Times, Oprah Magazine, and have been widely exhibited, including at The Houston Center for Photography, Victoria and Albert's Canon Gallery, Yossi Milo and Fifty One Fine Art, who represent her work. Kate's photographs are currently part of Apple's 'Shot on Iphone' campaign. Kate is an occasional blogger for the Huffington Post. Kate is currently in post-production on a feature length doc about consumerism, excess, and the stuff from which happiness is truly made. Kate is a mother of two.
"Delightfully quirky" - Scientific American
"Sublime and fascinating" - San Francisco Chronicle
"Nothing seems wasted, and nothing's excessive." The New Yorker
Emmy-winner director and still photographer Kate Schermerhorn started her production career as a teenager, working during school holidays as an underpaid P.A. for her producer father, whose work included the iconic American Express Don’t Leave Home Without It, and Lee Iacocca Chrystler series. Kate soon went on to work for others, including directors Tamra Davis, Matthew Rolston and Oscar-winner Michael Moore. She later abandoned Hollywood for London, where she focused on photography, and published America's Idea of a Good Time (Dewi Lewis), which explores America's pursuit of happiness. In 2002, Kate returned to California, to make her directorial debut with KQED co-production Seeking 1906. The hour-long documentary, about best-selling author Simon Winchester, won Kate an Emmy for directing, and a nomination for best historical/cultural feature. It was broadcast nationally on PBS.
Kate's 2nd long form doc - about modern marriage - After Happily Ever After won the 2012 Council for the Contemporary Family Media Award and was broadcast nationally in 2013. The following year her work won two Telly Awards and was nominated for a Maggie. Kate's past clients include Apple, GE, Sony, Interscope Records, Monrovia, Lunares, GreatSchools, UCSF, ITVS, and The Center for Justice and Accountability. Her photographs have appeared in Granta, The Times of London, The Independent, El Mundo,The Los Angeles Times, Oprah Magazine, and have been widely exhibited, including at The Houston Center for Photography, Victoria and Albert's Canon Gallery, Yossi Milo and Fifty One Fine Art, who represent her work. Kate's photographs are currently part of Apple's 'Shot on Iphone' campaign. Kate is an occasional blogger for the Huffington Post. Kate is currently in post-production on a feature length doc about consumerism, excess, and the stuff from which happiness is truly made. Kate is a mother of two.
Sessions in which Kate Schermerhorn attends
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Welcome to Getting Real '18 Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | 15 minutes
9:15 AM
9:15 AM
- Keynote: Molly Thompson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Pulling Back the Curtain
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Interactive Workshop
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- Monrovia, Indiana (2018) (Sneak Peek)
- Signup required ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM | 3 hours
- Screening
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Challenge of Independent Film Distribution ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- A Conversation with Morgan Neville and Judd Apatow Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour
- Conversation
7:15 AM
7:15 AM
- Documentary Audience Research Launch Breakfast
- Signup required Kimpton Everly Hotel - Ballroom
- 7:15 AM - 9:15 AM | 2 hours
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Keynote: Michèle Stephenson Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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9:45 AM
9:45 AM
- Frederick Wiseman Master Class Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM | 1 hour
- Workshop
11:30 AM
11:30 AM
- Journalists Under Threat ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
- Budgeting Workshop with Robert Bahar ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Workshop
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Getting In Early: Development Funding ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Is Short The New Feature? How Short Digital Content Can Further Your Story, Impact and Career ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- NEH Funding: Tips from Filmmakers and the NEH
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Keynote: Chi-hui Yang Cinerama Dome - Theater
- 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Keynote
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8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- PBS Indies Party
- Signup required NeueHouse Hollywood - NeueHouse Hollywood
- 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | 2 hours
11:45 AM
11:45 AM
- Broadcast Production Pipelines ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
- 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:30 PM
3:30 PM
- Palestinian Filmmaker Panel
- Signup required Film L.A. - Meeting Room
- 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- Working with International Public Broadcasters ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Panel
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Closing Night Party Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Back Lot
- 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
- Special Closing Night Event: 35mm restoration of Salesman
- Signup required Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
- 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | 2 hours
- Screening