Katy Scoggin

Biography

Katy Scoggin is a documentary filmmaker. Flood, her directorial debut, will premiere on PBS Independent Lens in 2026. The film begins with Katy's journey home to repair her relationship to her former missionary father before expanding into a dry and poignant family portrait that questions what it takes, and whether it’s possible, to love across deep divides. A decade in the making, Flood has received support from ITVS, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Film Independent, DCTV, NYU's Production Lab, the Gotham Documentary Lab, NYSCA, MacDowell, Logan Nonfiction Program, Women Make Movies, and BAVC Media. Previously, Katy worked for Laura Poitras on three features and two shorts. She co-produced and DP'd on Oscar winner CITIZENFOUR and on Cannes Directors Fortnight premiere Risk. She produced NY Times OpDocs "The Program" and "Death of a Prisoner" and associate-produced Sundance award winner The Oath. Katy was a Mylonas Honorary Scholar at WashU, a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin, and a Graduate Assistant in Cinematography at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she received an MFA in Film Directing. She lives with her girlfriend in Chicago.