Profile
Katja Esson is an Academy Award® nominated independent filmmaker based in New York City who mixes documentary and narrative genres. Her films have been shown around the world and aired on stations like HBO, PBS and ARTE more »
News
2010
Latching On is distributed by Women Make Movies... more »
We are New York nominated for 4 Emmys Awards
The Oldest Profession is broadcast on ARTE 2/28/10
Poetry of Resilience receives NYSCA grant
2009
The Oldest Profession wraps after shooting in France, Italy, Greece, England and Germany.
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Katja Esson directs the episode »The Wedding« for We Are New York for the Mayor’s Office of Adult Education and the City University of New York, Office of Academic Affairs.
2008
Poetry of Resilience received a Grant from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) in June 2008
Skydancer received a Jerome Foundation Grant in May 2008
Skydancer was invited to pitch at HOT DOCS Toronto Documentary Forum in April 2008
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Institut Francais, London · One of the leading Arab writers living in the UK. Lebanese novelist Hanan Al-Shaykh will open a discussion around her short story A Season of Madness and the film adaptation by Katja Esson, screened immediately before the talk... more »
2007
•Katja Esson is awarded the Simons Fellowship for the Humanities at Kansas University
•Nomination for the Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship
•Honor Membership in the International English Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta
Ferry Tales now available on DVD, Women make Movies, more »
Ferry Tales is chosen for AOL True Stories (Watch the film online, read the blog by the Ferry Women
and many extras) more »
Ferry Tales opens the Reel New York Film Festival on Channel Thirteen/WNET New York more »
Hole in the Sky – The Scars of 9/11 wins Gold Award for Best Documentary at the World Media
Festival in Germany