- Nickname
- Bizla
- Kate is an Oscar Qualified Producer, a director and actress who lives in Los Angeles. Born in the UK, Kate moved to Sydney in 2007 to study acting at the prestigious Acting school NIDA. While there she performed live for the Pope on his World Youth Day tour, in a production of The Stations of The Cross. She perfected her on set skills in numerous commercials, student films, music videos, feature films and TV series. While at an audition for a small independent commercial, the producer asked her if she would like to direct it, she had never directed before but her on set experience had given her enough exposure to what a director does and how they communicate to cast and crew. She rose to the challenge and got the directing bug!
This led her to Los Angeles to study directing at the renowned UCLA in 2009. While in Los Angeles she continued her acting studies at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio and TVI. During her studies she got involved in several features and short films, behind and in front of the camera. After graduating from UCLA in 2011, the thesis film she directed, Cell/Phone played at the Cannes Film Festival. Later in 2011 she was selected by Women in Film (WIF LA) to direct one of the digital PSA's about the dangers of using a cell phone while driving. This was submitted for an Emmy and eventually won a Telly Award.
Her feature Film, Altered Perception, got a USA Theatrical release and put her in the running for a DGA First-Time Theatrical Feature Film award nomination. Several of her short films have screened at the Cannes Film Festival, short film corner and some picked up distribution. She teaches directing at UCLA and also runs her own diversity directing program, helping emerging, under represented filmmakers produce and direct their short films. She also serves on the Board of WICT (Women in Cable TV) and is the events chair for Southern California. She resides in Los Angeles but can work in the UK as she is a British passport holder.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous - Oscar Qualified producer director, living in Los Angeles. Kate has produced and directed features, commercials, music videos and short films and has over 17 years experience in the entertainment business. She has worked at The Weinstein Company and Double Feature Films with producers Stacey Sher and Michael Shamberg. As a producer she has worked with many Hollywood heavyweights including, Michael Bogdanovich, Lin Shaye and Abigail Breslin. Kate is passionate about story telling and also teaches directing to underrepresented filmmakers from diverse communities including POC and LGBTQIA+. Her latest project a documentary called Fragile World is about to go into post production.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Kate Rees Davies
- Her middle name is Elizabeth, which led to the nickname biz, her grandmother used to call her bizzy lizzy as she was always getting into mischief. Over the years the nickname developed into Bizla.
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