Katherine is a film director, writer, and producer from New Jersey who doesn’t have an accent but says “water” kinda weird.
Her directorial debut feature, Juniper, premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, was acquired by STX Entertainment and sold to Showtime and Tubi. Her third feature, horror-comedy Theater is Dead, starring Shane West, is having its world premiere at Fantastic Fest in September 2025, the largest genre film festival in the US.
Her influences include Amy Sherman-Palladino, Nora Ephron, and that one episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie Knope falls into the pit.
“Katherine Dudas, who is the director and co-writer, skillfully draws you into the world of these five people and shapes the distinct identities of all the characters articulately...It is hard to fathom that this is Dudas’s debut film”