Katie Uhlmann
| Katie Uhlmann | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 1, 1987 Trenton, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Actor, producer, writer, interview host |
| Website |
katiechats |
Katie Uhlmann (b. September 1, 1987) is a Canadian actor, writer, producer and interview host. She is best known for her online entertainment series, "Katie Chats" which she began in 2012. Through this web series, she has completed over 3000 interviews with filmmakers and celebrities including David Cronenberg, Gordon Lightfoot, Rick Mercer, Colin Mochrie, Atom Egoyan and Shannon Tweed. In interviewing so many members of the Canadian entertainment community, he goal is to develop a resource for students of the Canadian entertainment community and industry, stating that, she has set out to create the largest database of interviews with Canadian talent in the world.[1][2][3]
She began performing in community theatre, and was an on campus reporter for the TV station of Queen's University. After graduating from university, Uhlmann became an actor and entertainment reporter, in Toronto, finding roles in such films as Kingdom Come and Saving Prosperity. She has appeared in many television shows, indie films and commercials.
In May 2013 she was nominated for the Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Award. She was awarded the Truly Independent Award 2015, by the Hamilton Film Festival. The award was awarded to Katie and her mother, Joanne Uhlmann, for their Katie Chats interview coverage and their social media promotion, which "boosted the profile of the festival" and "celebrated our filmmakers like no other news reporters in Canada." [4][5][6]
She has also written and produced several short films, including A Very Office Christmas and Pyramid Scream, which won the 2015 Short Film Festival Director Award, at the Toronto Indie Film Festival.[7][8][9][10]
References
- ↑ "Interview with Katie Uhlmann". Newstalk 1010. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Mattice, Megan(1 August 2013). "From Trenton to Silver Screen". The Trentonian. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Miskin, Murray(20 Jan 2015). "Catching up with Lakefield's Katie Uhlmann". Cottage Country Connection. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Shreve, Ellwood(6 Sep 2013). "Filmmakers offering C-K 'sneak peek' at movie shot here". Chatham Daily News. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Lindsay, Ryan(1 May 2013). "CanWood Entertainment is pleased to nominate Katie Chats for the 2013 Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Award". Newswire. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Buena, Christy(12 April 2012). "Filmmaker Spotlight: Interview with Katie Uhlmann of 'A Very Office Christmas'". Disarray Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Lindsay, Ryan(1 May 2013). "CanWood Entertainment is pleased to nominate Katie Chats for the 2013 Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Award". Newswire. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Anderson, Jason(27 November 2013). "Blood in the Snow Film Festival Focuses on Horror". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ "TRULY INDEPENDENT AWARD 2015". Hamilton Film Festival. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "Toronto Independent Film Festival Award Winners 2015". Retrieved 23 October 2015.