Katarzyna Kochany

Katarzyna Kochany (DGC) is a member of the directors' caucus at the Directors Guild of Canada and a voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. She recently directed 2nd unit on the Tier A TV series GOOD WITCH (Hallmark/Netflix). Katarzyna's directing work has played on CBC Television, AppleTV, Amazon Prime Video, Super Channel, Sofy TV and The BeBop Channel, and earned over 50 awards and 240 official selections at festivals, including two projects at the Oscar-qualifying Indy Shorts presented by Heartland Film. Her work often touches on themes of ordinary people being caught in-between: between cultures, between loyalties, between tough choices. She directed all season one episodes of the female-led genre show ZAHARA, which was featured in FORBES Africa, won the IPF Pitch Pit competition, was nominated for Best Digital Series at Blood In The Snow Festival, and Best Low Budget Series at T.O. WEBFEST 2020. Katarzyna directed second unit, guest-directed a scene for main unit, and is part of the producing team on the narrative feature film drama, THE MARIJUANA CONSPIRACY, based on a true story that took place in 1972, about a disturbing human experiment on a group of young women. The film had its USA premiere in competition for best independent film at 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, and has been picked up for distribution by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Vortex Media. Katarzyna has directed over 40 projects that played at festivals in USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Greece, India, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and Kingdom of Swaziland. She was the first Canadian member of Los Angeles-based Alliance of Women Directors.