Kate Schermerhorn
Producer/Director
Kate Schermerhorn is a filmmaker and photographer who has directed 100s of videos, won 2 Tellies and 1 Emmy, been nominated for 1 more, lived in 4 countries, published 1 book of photographs about the things Americans do for fun, jumped out a plane 27 times, and is the mother of 2. She compares her work to a person dressed as a polyester Statue of Liberty, holding a sign spinner which is strategically pointed to say, ‘LOOK HERE!’ Of her work, The New Yorker says, “nothing seems wasted, nothing’s excessive” and the Evening Standard says “there’s a mesmerizing quality to (Kate’s) work”. DO I NEED THIS? is her 3rd feature doc.