Mrs Katiana Weems-Ado
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Film and Photography
- School of Arts
- Kingston School of Art, Knights Park
Associate Lecturer
About
Katiana Weems-Ado (she/her) is a Black American multidisciplinary filmmaker from Baltimore, Maryland known for her work as a cinematographer, director, and editor. Her work has been screened internationally and has earned her recognition as a semi-finalist for the 2022 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize, a fellowship with the 2023 iteration of the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, & a residency at The House of Koko. Thematically, her image-making is rooted in temporal explorations of grief and memoria—its stickiness and porosity.
She has served as a film faculty member within Goldsmiths’ Media & Communication Department, Baltimore School of the Arts' Film & Visual Storytelling department, and Towson University's Electronic Film & Media department. Developed in the space between classroom and industry, she is the author of AXIOM24, a kinofuturist manifesto that formalises a circularly collaborative approach to filmmaking. It encourages filmmakers to actively question industry practices and develop working practices that mend and care for practitioners, both contemporary and future.
A commitment to innovative filmmaking continues to drive her work.
Qualifications
- MFA | Royal College of Art
- BFA | Syracuse University
- 35mm Analog Film Production | FAMU