Kat Foster: Director, Screenwriter, Actor

Kat Foster is a director, screenwriter, and actor. Her films are about women, and her recent work looks honestly at motherhood. She joined the Writers Guild of America in 2016.

Profiles: IMDb, Wikipedia, Instagram, X, Threads, Cameo.

Podcast: Acting Real with Kat Foster, also on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Contact: hello@letsmakebetterthings.com

Daughtering

Determined to repair her fraught relationship with her mother before becoming one herself, a pregnant daughter battles with her nay-saying inner voices and a lifetime of anger, fear and disappointment, ultimately stumbling into a moment of profound healing.

Official Selection, Cinequest Film Festival 2023. Nominee, Best Screenplay, Summer Shorts Film Fest 2024. Official Selection, BraveMaker Film Fest 2023.

Trailer: vimeo.com/603558435

Written and directed by Kat Foster. Starring Kat Foster and Laura Innes. Editor: Jing Han. Director of Photography: Julia Swain. Original score: Christopher Neil Johnson. Produced by Kelly Pendygraft. Costume design: Buckley Sampson. Set design: Gloria Gruber. Visual effects: Colin James.

Earthquake Note

On the eve of her daughter's first day of preschool, a mother's attempt to write the perfect comfort note for the "earthquake kit" spirals into an all-night reckoning with mortality and motherhood itself.

Official Selection, Imagine This Women's Film Festival 2026. Official Selection, Glendale International Film Festival 2026. Official Selection, Dallas International Film Festival 2026. Official Selection, Breck Film Fest. Official Selection, Greenpoint Film Festival 2026.

Trailer: vimeo.com/1209511963

A film by Kat Foster. Featuring Kat Foster, Magnolia Hustead, and Jim Hustead. Original score by Brian Wright. Edited by Jing Han. Produced by Emily Maya Mills. Cinematography by Dustin Pearlman. Sound: Daniel Teo. Production sound: Pete Szijarto. Colorist: Xi Shen. Written and directed by Kat Foster. Presented by Majk Sauce.

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