Katie Pyne is an LA-based director, writer and producer with 12 years of experience in film, TV, broadcast and digital media. Her directorial work includes narrative, social impact documentary, reality and music videos. She’s directed over 70 ads for global lifestyle and auto brands, and helmed campaigns for the likes of Adidas, Google & Toyota. The social impact docuseries she created for Hyundai received Gold Internationalist and Summit Emerging Media awards.
While at CNN Documentaries she received a Peabody for coverage of the BP Gulf Oil Spill as part of "New Orleans Rising with Soledad O’Brien." She also worked on "Generation Islam with Christiane Amanpour," "Rescued: Children of Haiti," "Latino in America" and more, earning her multiple CINE Golden Eagles, an Edward R. Murrow and Imagen Award. As a network producer at Discovery Science Channel, Pyne worked on shows like "Prophets of Science Fiction With Ridley Scott," "Alien Encounters" and "The Unexplained Files." She also produced video presentations and live panels for thousands of fans at Comicon, Upfronts and other industry showcases.
Right now she's excited about exploring different genres and visual storytelling techniques to surprise audiences with fresh perspectives.
Filming on a baseball diamond in the rain for Adidas Girls Breaking Barriers in Sports.
Catching our female quarterback in action at indoor football field in Ebbing, NH.
Interviewing Jefferson Sevilla at The Town Kitchen for Hyundai's Young Entrepreneurs video 4.
Watching monitor at an in-studio game show style branded shoot where we got to slime people!
Directing on set of Hyundai Sonata commercial.
Shooting main interview at Medicine Horse Ranch with our subject in the middle of the pasture with her therapy horses.
Attending the UN Commission for the Status of Women at the United Nations in NYC.
BTS filming original women's vote march. Amazing costumer and cast!
Panelist speaking about making the transition from working in traditional media to digital media.
