EMAIL:
KATHERINEHEATON1@GMAIL.COM
Katie Heaton is a production designer, artist, and Fulbright scholar with 10 years of film, stage, and world-building experience. Hailing from Brooklyn, she works in the U.S. and internationally in the narrative, experience, and event design worlds. Katie is currently completing an arts research Fulbright grant to Berlin where she is studying the history of German Expressionist film design and creating multimedia artworks.
Katie’s Ideal Job? Mainly working with multi-hyphenate creatives on large-scale narrative film and tv projects - but put simply, any opportunity to build immersive worlds.
AWARDS & GRANTS
Fulbright Arts Research Award to Berlin, 2025-2026
Susan Lipani Visual Arts Award for Community Organizing, 2023
Fordham University Dean’s Grant for Senior Thesis Exhibition, 2023
Willem DiPietri Film Production Grant, 2022
Governer’s Medallion (C.S.S.S.A), 2018
2nd Place Painting Award (Project LPIE), 2018
1st Place Painting Award (Project LPIE), 2017
PRESS LINKS
THE FORDHAM OBSERVER: 9 Fordham Grads Awarded Fulbright Scholarships
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: Rory Culkin Makes Dark Decision in ‘Dear Shop Girl’ First Footage
GLAAD: OP-ED: Reel Radiant Queerness at ABFF
PAPER MAGAZINE: The Lower East Side Is Ready for Its Close Up
AMSTERDAM NEWS: Jazz Notes: Close Up on the LES, Dizzy’s
ELLE CHINA: Laurel Blue: The Fashion Whisper of the Ocean
FORBES MAGAZINE: An Inside Look At Just-Opened New York City Hotel Civilian
YAHOO: Exclusive Beneath the Fold Trailer Previews Newspaper-Set Noir Crime Drama
THE FORDHAM OBSERVER: World Premiere of ‘La Cocina’ Leaves the Stage Sizzling