Katherine Dieckmann

Writer-director Katherine Dieckmann has made four feature films, most recently Strange Weather, starring Holly Hunter and Carrie Coon. Dieckmann’s previous features include Motherhood, starring Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, and Anthony Edwards; Diggers, starring Paul Rudd, Sarah Paulson, Maura Tierney, and Josh Hamilton; and her debut feature A Good Baby, with Henry Thomas, David Strathairn, and Cara Seymour, which she developed at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting and Directing labs.

Dieckmann began her career as a journalist, writing on film, books and music for such publications as Rolling Stone, Vogue, The Village Voice, and The New York Times Book Review, before going on to direct videos for bands including R.E.M., Aimee Mann, Wilco, and, more recently, Sharon Van Etten. She was the originating director on the groundbreaking live action Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete, building a body of directing work in episodic television while continuing to publish nonfiction articles and essays in numerous books and periodicals.

As a Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia University’s graduate School of the Arts Film Program, Dieckmann has taught Screenwriting for over two decades, mentoring countless filmmakers. She has also been a Creative Advisor for The Sundance Institute, the Almanack Screenwriter Colony, and IFP/Narrative Features Lab. Dieckmann is currently developing a limited series, Shavertown, based on Lucy Sante’s Nineteen Reservoirs.

Dieckmann holds a B.A. in English from Vassar College, where she graduated magna and summa cum laude, and an M.A. in English from New York University. She also attended the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program.