Katy Garretson

Kathleen "Katy" Garretson (born May 15, 1963) is an American television director and producer, known for directing the sitcoms Frasier, 2 Broke Girls, Fuller House and others, as well as producing Hallmark's Garage Sale Mystery movies. She received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in 2012 and has other nominations and awards for her work.

Katy Garretson
Born
Kathleen Elizabeth Garretson

(1963-05-15) May 15, 1963 [1]
Nuremberg, Germany
Other namesKathleen E. Garretson
OccupationTelevision director / Television producer
Years active1988-present
Spouse(s)
Jonathan Axelrod
​
(
m. 2011;
div. 
2015)
Websitekatygarretson.com

Early life

Kathleen (Katy) Garretson was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where her father, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed. Her parents were John Thomas Garretson, of Tucson, Arizona, where he earned his business degree from the University of Arizona, and Elinor Van Haltern, from Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Garretson is a graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, earning degrees in both Journalism and Business Communications.[2] At USC, Garretson was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and was an award-winning member of the USC Speech & Debate Team. She became interested in the film industry while working at her college job as a tour guide at Universal Studios.[3]

Career

Following graduation, and a brief run as a production assistant and stand-in, Garretson was accepted into the DGA training program. Following a two-year trainee period, she then fully joined the DGA as an assistant director. During her first few years as a DGA member, Garretson worked mainly on made-for-TV films and feature films. Her credits include the feature films Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Clifford, Switch and The Specialist.

Garretson continued to work as an assistant director on "movies of the week", features and commercials for several years, until she was hired to be an assistant director on the sitcom Frasier. She slowly segued out of being an AD on "single-camera" productions as her credit list on "multi-camera" shows grew. Garretson then made her directorial debut during Frasier's sixth season.[4] She was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for "Best Comedy Director of 1999" for her first directing assignment.[5] She continued to direct episodes of Frasier until the show's end in 2004.[6] Her other directing credits include, The Cool Kids, Alexa & Katie, Fuller House, 2 Broke Girls, The Odd Couple, One Big Happy, Young & Hungry, Sullivan & Son, Titus, Reba, Girlfriends, George Lopez, Freddie, One on One, True Jackson, VP and the animated series Sid the Science Kid.[7][8]

In January 2012, Garretson received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the DGA.[3][9][10][11] She was the 26th recipient of this award, which is presented at the annual DGA Awards ceremony to a Guild member with at least twenty years of distinguished DGA credits and fifteen years of "quality" Guild service. Garretson served as an Associate National Board member and three-term Council Chair at the DGA, and on numerous guild committees. She currently serves the Directors Guild of America as a member of the PAC Leadership Committee, the Frank Capra Award Committee, and the Western Directors Council Ethics Committee.

Garretson took a three-year hiatus from directing from early-2012 through 2014 to serve as the CEO/Executive Director of the non-profit I Have A Dream Foundation - Los Angeles.[12][13][14] She had been a mentor and volunteer with the organization for many years, and was asked to oversee a rebuilding and revitalization of the foundation. This was accomplished by the end of 2014, and Garretson returned to her creative roots in film and television production.

Garretson is also a television producer, and in 2011-12, found, developed and was the supervising producer on a TV movie, Garage Sale Mystery, for Hallmark Channel.[15][16] This movie, which aired in September 2013, broke nearly every ratings record for the Hallmark Channel, and in March 2014, Hallmark announced it would re-brand its movie channel to be the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel, and would have a "wheel" of mystery movies led by new Garage Sale Mysteries.[17] Fifteen Garage Sale Mysteries have aired and four new ones were scheduled to air in August, 2019, however midway through shooting of the seventeenth GSM, the star was indicted in the college admissions scandal and the movie series was cancelled by Hallmark.[18][19]

Garretson has long been active in the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, speaking on numerous panels and seminars.[3][20] She has also taught classes on sitcom directing at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles[21][22] and has been a guest speaker for multiple courses at both the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Screenwriting Program at UCLA. Additionally, Garretson has remained active as an alumna of USC. She served on the inaugural Alumni Board of Directors for the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications, and is a booster and avid fan of USC Trojan Football.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Note(s)
1988CopStand-In
1989Black RainDGA Trainee
1991SwitchSecond Assistant Director
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1994Clifford
Double Dragon
The MessageProducerShort
2008Arctic: Change at the Top of the WorldWriter/Producer

Television
Year Title Role Note(s)
1989Third Degree BurnDGA TraineeTV movie
L.A. Law2 episodes
1990ColumboSecond Assistant Director3 episodes
1992Dear JohnEpisode: "Poor John: Part 1"
BobEpisode: "Mad Dog Returns"
1992-93Love & War2 episodes
1993Rio ShannonTV movie
1994-2004FrasierFirst Assistant Director/Second Assistant Director/Director/Voice of "Computer"204 episodes
1995Kidnapped: In the Line of DutySecond Assistant DirectorTV movie
Hudson StreetEpisode: "Pilot"
The Pursit of HappinessFirst Assistant DirectorEpisode: "Pilot"
1996Lush LifeEpisode: "Pilot"
PearlEpisode: "Pilot"
1998Encore! Encore!Episode: "Pilot"
Better DaysEpisode: "Pilot"
1999Love & MoneyEpisode: "Pilot"
2000Welcome to New YorkEpisode: "Pilot"
2002TitusDirectorEpisode: "The Visit"
In-LawsFirst Assistant DirectorEpisode: "Pilot"
Bram and AliceEpisode: "Pilot"
RebaDirector3 episodes
2003-05Girlfriends5 episodes
2003-06One on One3 episodes
2003The PittsEpisode: "Squarewolves"
Still StandingEpisode: "Still the Bad Parents"
Wanda at LargeEpisode: "They Shoot Reporters"
2005The Bad Girls ClubEpisode: "The Guide to in and Out"
Love, Inc.2 episodes
2006CutsEpisode: "The Love Below"
Living with FranEpisode: "The Whole Clan with Fran"
Freddie4 episodes
George Lopez2 episodes
2007Lovebites2 episodes
2008-2015Sid the Science Kid42 episodes
2008Rita Rocks2 episodes
2009True Jackson, VP2 episodes
2011Shake It UpEpisode: "Heat It Up"
2013Garage Sale MysteryProducerTV movie
2014Sullivan & SonDirectorEpisode: "You, Me, and Gary"
Garage Sale Mystery: All That GlittersProducerTV movie
2015One Big HappyDirectorEpisode: "A Tale of Two Hubbies"
Young & Hungry5 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly RoomProducerTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding DressTV movie
20162 Broke GirlsDirector4 episodes
The Odd Couple2 episodes
Fuller House5 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven InnocentProducerTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel MurdersTV movie
2017-18School of RockDirector3 episodes
2017Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of MurderProducerTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach MurderTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by TextTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most MedivealTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of MurderTV movie
2018Alexa & KatieDirector3 episodes
Living BiblicallyEpisode: "Thou Shalt Not Covet"
Garage Sale Mystery: Pandora's BoxProducerTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask MurderTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Picture a MurderTV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder In D MinorTV movie
2018-19The Cool KidsDirector2 episodes
2019Cousins for Life2 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: Searched & SeizedProducerTV movie
Carol's Second ActDirectorEpisode: "Therapy Dogs"
2020Broke2 episodes
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  11. "Michel Hazanavicius Wins DGA Award for 'The Artist'". Reuters. 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2017-08-20.
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  13. "NBC4 Introduces 'I Am a Volunteer' Campaign in Southern California". Entertainment Close-up. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 31 July 2017 – via HighBeam Research.
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