Kathleen Hepburn facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kathleen Hepburn
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director

Kathleen Hepburn is a talented Canadian screenwriter and film director. She is known for creating powerful and thoughtful films. Her first major film, Never Steady, Never Still, started as a short film in 2015. It was later made into a full-length movie in 2017. This film earned many important awards, including nominations for Best Picture.

Kathleen Hepburn also co-directed and co-wrote The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open in 2019. She worked on this film with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. It was shown at a big film festival in Berlin. This movie also won several top awards, including Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Hepburn also helped start a film company called Experimental Forest Films with Tyler Hagan.

Filmmaking Journey

Kathleen Hepburn first gained attention for her film Never Steady, Never Still. It began as a short film in 2015. Later, it was made into her first full-length movie in 2017. This film tells a moving story.

The movie received eight nominations at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018. These awards are like the "Oscars" for Canadian films. Never Steady, Never Still was nominated for Best Picture. Kathleen Hepburn herself was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. She also won an award for Best Director of a Canadian Film from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle.

In 2018, Kathleen was chosen for a special program. This program helps women directors in Canada. It was run by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. She was one of eight women filmmakers in this program.

Her second full-length film was The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open. She directed and wrote this film with Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. It first showed at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival. This film won many awards too. It received the Best BC Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival. It also won Best Canadian Film and Best Director at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards. At the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, it won three major awards. These included Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Hepburn and Tailfeathers.

In 2020, she released a short documentary called Perfumed Dreaming. This film explores the idea of life's cycles. It shows the joy of her sister's new baby. It also reflects on the recent passing of her mother.

Filmography

See also

• List of female film and television directors
• List of lesbian filmmakers
• List of LGBT-related films directed by women