About
Katie A. King is an Emmy-nominated and Peabody Award-winning Executive Producer working in a wide variety of formats, from docuseries to talk shows to branded content, with a focus on social issues and women-centered stories. She also maintains and updates this website all by herself, and asks that you please humor her as she writes in third person about herself.
Most recently, Katie has been showrunning limited docuseries (yet-to-be-released) for major streamers, in collaboration with Story Syndicate, the renowned production company founded by Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan.
In 2022, Katie served as EP/Showrunner on WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY, a highly acclaimed and award-winning 4-part docuseries for Showtime, directed by W. Kamau Bell. The series premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and received awards from the Peabody Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, Hollywood Critics Association, Gotham Awards, IDAs, Cinema Eye, ReelBlack, and the Gracies. The series was nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys, a TCA award, and the Independent Spirit Awards.
She is also in development on a documentary project based on Rebecca Traister’s acclaimed book “All the Single Ladies,” as well as a reality series uplifting single mothers.
Just before the pandemic, Katie produced a narrative short film in conjunction with the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge in LA. Leading an all female crew of 26 women, they completed a short film in just four days. Prior to that, she was thrilled to produce documentary content for Rihanna’s ground – breaking “Savage X Fenty” Amazon special, during NY Fashion Week.
In recent years, Katie has served as a Showrunner/ Co-EP for History Channel and an anniversary special celebrating 15 years of HBO’s“Real Time with Bill Maher.” She also produced two seasons of “Beyond the Reasons” After Shows for Netflix’s “Thirteen Reasons Why,” and produced the premiere episode of the acclaimed CNN decade series, “The Eighties,” garnering the second-highest premiere ever for CNN’s original programming.
In 2015, she was among the first team of filmmakers paired with Cuban marine scientists to produce a Shark Week documentary in Cuba.
In addition to producing, Katie also enjoys photography and writing, and has been published in the LA Times.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in Film & TV, she served a year with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, and taught Video Production (mostly how to make music videos) to middle and high school students in Hawaii.
Katie originally hails from Connecticut (Go Huskies!), and holds a Bachelor of Science from James Madison University in Media Arts & Design. Upon moving to LA, she enrolled in the TV & Film Screenwriting program at UCLA Extension.
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