Kaytie Nielsen

About Kaytie

(updtead 6/2017) Kaytie developed a passion for storytelling at an early age, growing up at her family’s theatrical costume shop near Fort Worth, Texas. She aspires to a career in film and theater that creates space for others to tell their stories and advances positive social change. As a Luce Scholar, she works in  New Delhi, India at an independent film company called  Jamun , where she has served as a cinematographer and editor on several short films. In May 2016, she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Humanities and Arts degree, with concentrations in Creative Writing and Directing and a minor in French and Francophone Studies. Her interests in history have shaped the theatrical pieces she has written and directed, and her work in film is mostly documentary, aiming to provide a platform for disenfranchised and underrepresented individuals.  In 2014, she completed a documentary on the history of Senegalese theatrical performance and served as a Media Intern for the Council on International Educational Exchange in Dakar, Senegal. As Director of Video Production for The Unexpected Laboratory, a young multidisciplinary artistic company, she led a film team to Tamil Nadu, India in 2015 to create videos for Visions Global Empowerment focused on uplifting disenfranchised communities.  She currently serves as Director of Video Production for Round Room Image, a multidisciplinary creative collective.