Katherine Shannon Local Film Director, Producer & writer

We met, recorded and decided to chat by the sea at the Lido in Margate Kent so you may hear the odd splash of rain but we just carried on it was fun being outside.

Katherine Shannon is an award winning Film TV, Director, producer and writer who loves to film in Thanet and use local people.

A 1st AD, Writer and Director, Katherine Shannon has most recently worked on the BFI/Mumbai/LA award-winning Queer Parivaar, a short film representing the LGBTQ+ community that premiered at BFI Flare and was a global success. Before becoming a full time writer and producer, she was a stand up comedian in Edinburgh with The McKray Twins, writing much of the material. She ran a Comedy Club in Brixton, holding open mic nights that discovered the talents of Catherine Tate, Paul Sinha, Shappi Khorsandi and more. She wrote and performed Baby Love with Sara West, which was shown at The Soho Theatre, and detailed the travails of newly pregnant Mothers. They performed all the characters, including their Mothers and Boyfriends. She worked on Re-Shaped for award winning Director Stephen Pierre Mitchell which featured award-winning comedian Janey Godley; and was a consultant on Mrs Wilson for the BBC/Snowed-In Productions with her cousin Ruth Wilson. Recent features include Dimension Slip and Silent Night which are available on Netflix and Sky. She won Best Female Director at Mumbai International for her film Crisps and Zombies which has won 10 awards worldwide.

You can watch Crisps and Zombies Katherine's award winning film via this link https://youtu.be/eTZza0Bnnjo?si=ORfcUNA54Ow2-xnc