Kathryn Boyd-Batstone:
Cinematographer + Director
CLIENTS :
Amazon
We Are Mitú
Target
McDonalds
NPR
CNN
Vox
Washington Post
San Fransisco Chronicle
Kathryn Boyd-Batstone is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer of narrative and documentary films in the Los Angeles area.
Most recently, she DPed the short film “ Fathead," which was made in partnership with Amazon, Narwhal Studion, and the ETC. Fathead was the first ever film shot on Amazon’s 260-degree XR stage. It went on to win Gold at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival - Emerging Filmmaker, received an NAACP Nomination, screened at the CAA Moebius Showcase, and won “Best Cinematography” at Awesome Con in D.C. She was also the 2021 DGA Student Film Gold Winner, Women’s Category and Caucus Foundation 2nd Place Gold Circle Winner for her film For Rosa which premiered on HBO MAX May 2021. A 2019 ASC Student Heritage Award Finalist and USC School of Cinematic Arts MFA graduate with a master’s degree in cinematography and directing with years of dual immersion Spanish bilingual education, she is dedicated to helping tell stories that make you feel and push for change.
Her work as a photojournalist has been published in CNN, The San Francisco Chronicle, National Public Radio, The Washington Post, and USA Today. Kathryn studied photojournalism at the University of Oregon and was a News21 Fellow.
kathrynboydbatstone@gmail.com