Archelon Films

Katy Scoggin is an award-winning doc film director, cameraperson, and producer. Her feature directorial debut, Flood, has screened at film festivals worldwide and will premiere on PBS Independent Lens in July 2026. In 2025, the film won a Special Mention in International Competition at IDFA and Best Kansas Feature at Tallgrass Film Festival.

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.