Acting
Katie Prentiss
Launching her filmmaking career in midlife, Katie's deeply lived and well-examined life has developed her into a rich storyteller. Filmmaking is the perfect culmination of her degree in English, her 20 years as a portrait photographer, and her experience raising four children. She also attributes grief to launching her career because of how it can cut through the noise and force us to find what really matters in life. Her first short film, “Front Porches,” (2020) was inspired by her experience of caring for her mother after a diagnosis of early-onset dementia. Since, she's made an award willing mini web series, "Gamer" (2022-2024) before moving on to her first feature film, "Wake Up Maggie." (2026) Katie was recently awarded the opportunity to participate in the Sundance Collab, The Bridge cohort in Portland, OR and is proud to be an Oregon actor/filmmaker. When she's not acting or directing, you'll find her practicing yoga, hiking in the PNW with friends, traveling, writing, and probably refilling her coffee.
Acting credits
6.0When a young girl is found dead on a small, wooded island, her teenage brother's postmortem visions point to an evil presence within their own family.
Winter Island
2024
NRAn overworked housewife finds solace in her retired neighbor whose onset of dementia reveals neglect in both of their lives.
Front Porches
2021
Maggie's tightly wound life unravels when she gets a call that her estranged sister is in deep trouble. Their reunion reveals a startling diagnosis that leads Maggie to her own unexpected awakening.
Wake Up Maggie
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5.0Inspired by true experiences of grief, girlhood, and growing up, Jessie Barr’s SOPHIE JONES provides a stirring portrait of a sixteen-year-old. Stunned by the untimely death of her mother and struggling with the myriad challenges of teendom, Sophie (played with striking immediacy by the director’s cousin Jessica Barr) tries everything she can to feel something again, while holding herself together, in this sensitive, acutely realized, and utterly relatable coming-of-age story.
Sophie Jones
2021
NRAn innocent evening of childhood fun and alcohol-assisted mischief takes a sudden turn when a queer teen risks everything by coming out to her best friend - who is also her first love.
Hold My Hair
2024
plot unknown at the time
St. Jude's Reply
2025
Behind the camera
NRAn overworked housewife finds solace in her retired neighbor whose onset of dementia reveals neglect in both of their lives.
Front Porches
2021
Maggie's tightly wound life unravels when she gets a call that her estranged sister is in deep trouble. Their reunion reveals a startling diagnosis that leads Maggie to her own unexpected awakening.
Wake Up Maggie
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Maggie's tightly wound life unravels when she gets a call that her estranged sister is in deep trouble. Their reunion reveals a startling diagnosis that leads Maggie to her own unexpected awakening.
Wake Up Maggie
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