Katie Tallo is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and author.
Early life
Tallo grew up in
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
in the Carleton Heights neighbourhood of
Nepean.
She is a graduate of
Carleton University
Carleton University is an English-language public university, public research university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution originally operated as a private, non-denominational evening college to se ...
and
Algonquin College.
Career
Inspired by her time with Women in the Director's Chair (WIDC) in 1997, Tallo developed a scene from her WIDC workshop into her 1998 short film, ''See Through''.
Tallo directed the TV-documentary ''Juiced'' for
CityTV in 1999. Her first feature film, ''
Posers'', premiered in 2002. She both wrote and directed the movie.
For ten years, Tallo served on the Creative Women Workshops Association (CWWA) Board of Directors.
In 2020, Tallo's debut novel, ''Dark August'', was published by
HarperCollins
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.
''Dark August'' was named a ''
New York Times
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'' Editor's Pick. Its sequel, ''Poison Lilies'', was published in 2022. The third book in the installment is to be released on December 3, 2024, titled ''Buried Road''.
Personal life
Tallo lives in Ottawa with her husband and daughter. She also had a dog named Levi, whom she depicted in ''Dark August''.
Bibliography
* ''Dark August'' (2020)
* ''Poison Lilies'' (2022)
* ''Buried Road'' (2024)
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
*
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Canadian women screenwriters
Canadian women novelists
Canadian women film directors
Film directors from Ottawa
Living people
Carleton University alumni
Algonquin College alumni
21st-century Canadian women writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Screenwriters from Ontario
Novelists from Ottawa