Kathy Kolla

Kathy Kolla is an American director, screenwriter, and actress.[1][2]

Kathy Kolla
Kathy Kolla at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles in 2015.
OccupationFilm director, Actor and Screenwriter
Years active2003–present

Her films include Plastic Daydream starring Shari Belafonte,[3] the feature documentary Who Is Billy Bones? and the comedy Another Day, Another Dime.

She was awarded Best Director for the drama Plastic Daydream at the LA Live Film Festival in 2018.[4]

Her debut short film, Another Day, Another Dime won the 2009 Audience Choice award at the Flint Film Festival in Flint, Michigan.[5] Another Day, Another Dime was subsequently sold to the television network ShortsHD in 2014, and began airing in the United States on November 16, 2014. In 2011, Kolla directed a public service announcement featuring the singer Johnny Mathis for the Nat King Cole charity, Nat King Cole Generation Hope.[6] Her environmental documentary The Great Los Angeles River[7] was also awarded second-place honors at the 2013 Going Green Film Festival.[8][9]

As an actress, Kolla has had roles in the television series American Dreams, Arrested Development and Eve. She is a vegan.[10]

Kolla's debut feature film Who Is Billy Bones? premiered at the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles in 2015.[11] The documentary focuses on the life of Steven “Billy Bones” Fortuna, lead singer of the early Los Angeles punk rock band The Skulls.[12] Who Is Billy Bones? was acquired by the cable television network KCETLink Media Group in 2016. It began airing nationwide on LinkTV and in Southern California on KCET in June 2016.[13]

References
  1. Buzz Vegan Director Kathy KollaVegNews Magazine - via VegNews.com. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  2. Vegan Inspired ComedyFarm Animal Rights Movement – Meatout Monday Newsletter - March 29th 2010 Edition Retrieved 28 April 2010
  3. World Premiere Plastic Daydream at LA Femme Film Festival CIE Fashion Magazine - via CIEFashionMagazine.com. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  4. Kathy Kolla IMDb AwardsIMDb - via IMDb.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  5. Filmmaker Interview: Kathy Kolla, Writer/Director of World's Littlest BratSAGIndie Blog Retrieved 28 March 2010
  6. New Public Service Announcement by Cola Kat ProductionsJazzchill.blogspot.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011
  7. Los Angeles River Documentary Shot With Panasonic AG-HPX170BroadcastEngineering.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013
  8. Going Green Film Festival Winners AnnouncedGoing Green Film Festival. Retrieved 16 June 2013
  9. Using Panasonic for a Los Angeles Documentary: InterviewDigitalProductionBuzz.com. Retrieved 16 June 2013
  10. Vegan Director Kathy Kolla Shares Eco TipsEcorazzi.com. Retrieved 28 April 2010
  11. Why You Should Consider Embracing the Punk Rock Ethos by Editing Your Doc YourselfIndieWire.com. Retrieved 2 August 2015
  12. The Subversive Art of Punk Rock - Bad Otis LinkDesert Rock Chronicles. Retrieved 17 April 2015
  13. Hottest Celebrity Pics This Week Of June 20-26 Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback MachineHollywoodLife.com. Retrieved 1 April 2017
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