Katie Hooten

Katie Hooten (Executive/Producer) is Head of Studio at MPC in Los Angeles, leading a team of creatives and artists who visually develop worlds and solve production issues using art and visualization. A founder of Hardy Howl Films alongside partners Todd Edwards and Timothy Hooten, she has a background in TV and feature development and production. Producing work includes projects with Blur Studio as well as The Third Floor in Los Angeles, producing previs and postvis for some of the largest franchises in the feature space. Katie's filmography includes independent and studio productions for live action and animation, as well as award-winning music videos and commercials. Her company's breakout hit Hoodwinked (2006) kicked off a wave of indie animation that continues today, establishing a new model of quality entertainment made for a fraction of the cost of its competition. Katie began her professional film career with the independent feature Chillicothe (Sundance Film Festival, 1999), followed by various roles in production management at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studio, working on such films as Atlantis, Lilo and Stitch, Spirited Away, and Treasure Planet.