Katy Scoggin

Known for: Production
Born: November 16, 1980
Birthplace: United States

Katy Scoggin is an award-winning documentary film director, cameraperson, and producer. Her feature directorial debut, Flood, has screened at film festivals worldwide and premiered on PBS Independent Lens on July 13, 2026. In 2025, the film won a Special Mention in International Competition at IDFA. Previously, Katy worked for Laura Poitras on three features and two shorts, including Oscar-winning CITIZENFOUR (HBO) and Emmy-nominated The Oath (POV). She served as a cameraperson on Adam's Apple (dir. Amy Jenkins), Who Moves America (dir. Yael Bridge), Tree People (dir. Regina Sobel), and Bootstraps (dir. Deia Schlosberg). She was a Mylonas Honorary Scholar at WashU, a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, and a film school GA at NYU. She lives in Chicago with her partner.

Filmography

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Flood 2026
Actor, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
Citizenfour 2014
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
Death of a Prisoner 2013
Producer
The Program 2012
Producer, Director of Photography
Risk 2017
Director of Photography
Flood 2012
Writer, Director

Credits from TMDB.