Caitlyn is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker from the American South who tells stories of our beautiful and bizarre existence.
Her most recent documentary short The Diamond was acquired by The New Yorker after premiering at Camden International Film Festival where it won CIFF’s Vimeo Staff Pick Award. Her previous short films have screened at festivals around the world and taken home several jury awards along with Vimeo Staff Picks' Best of the Year. She has directed work for brands including YouTube, Facebook, and Mercedes-Benz.
She received a Primetime Emmy and an ACE Eddie Award for her editing on The Jinx, HBO’s Peabody Award-winning documentary series. Other editing projects include the vérité documentary feature When Lambs Become Lions, for which Caitlyn was awarded Best Editing at Tribeca Film Festival and nominated for an IDA Documentary Award; as well as FX’s documentary series A Wilderness of Error, from Marc Smerling (The Jinx) and Errol Morris.
She is currently in production on her first documentary feature.
SELECTED HONORS
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Editing Vimeo Staff Picks’ Best of the Year Camden International Film Festival’s Vimeo Staff Pick Award American Cinema Editors Eddie Award SHOOT New Directors Showcase Tribeca Film Festival Best Editing IDA Documentary Award Nominee for Best Editing
