Kat Olson is a director, writer, actor, and producer living in New York City. 

After spending years as a working actor in the Southeast, Kat learned that the best way to be a part of projects she loves is to produce them….

She is dedicated to telling stories about her community, and doing so with teams of people who have not had the opportunity to be in leadership roles in the film and theatre industry.

While she still performs, her current focus is helping up & coming artists like herself demystify the production process and make their projects a reality. A dedicated storyteller, Kat believes in the power of media for social change, and has dedicated her career to making this achievable for herself and the artists she loves.

She co-produced and starred in The End of the Squirrel, a short film in collaboration with Incline Studios that sold to Alter in April of 2023 after working with a shoestring budget. She worked in every possible position she could obtain on professional sets, and found that she needed to spearhead a project of her own. Through a crowd fund supported primarily through friends and film contacts, she successfully produced her directorial debut in 2025, the short film PERIOD, currently in its festival run worldwide. After its success, she joined the production company that made this project possible, Potter Productions, and works as a production manager for the team that made her dream a reality.

She is a dedicated writer, and is working on a feature, pilots, and multiple additional shorts that center the lgbtq+ community, women led stories, and the power of working class people.