Katie Cooper has always been interested in things other people may not be interested in. That’s why the film and television grad, who works full-time at St. Michael’s Hospital doing video and photography projects usually chooses quirky subjects for her documentaries. She is currently working on a documentary called In the Spotlight that examines social anxiety. She hopes to screen it at the 2011 Hot Docs Festival. She’s spent time as a videographer/director shooting online content for Hot Docs. Her independent short films include Easy As Pi screened on Moviela and Pickles about a New York pickle festival. Larger scale projects include 100 Films and a Funeral , Saw II and Lucky Number Slevin . Cooper says Humber gave her a lot of hands-on experience. She says she’d like to keep making documentaries and hopes exposure will lead to funding. She says a quote on her program co-ordinator’s mug, kept her focused. It said - Make it happen, - “in this competitive industry, you have to make it happen,” she says.
Film & Television Production, 2005
