Katherine Nolfi is a New York-based writer and director. Her debut feature film, Upstate (co-directed with Andrew Luis), premiered in competition at the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival. The LA Weekly selected the film as one of the Best of the Fest. Upstate is distributed by IFC Films and SundanceNOW. Nolfi has written and directed several short films, including Unlimited (co-directed with Andrew Luis), which was an official selection of SXSW 2009. Other work includes Mouth Babies (co-directed with Lisa Duva) an official selection of the 2011 Slamdance Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival and the Seattle True Independent Film Festival where it won ‘Best Short’. The World of Men, a screenplay based on her experiences growing up in the Rust Belt and being diagnosed with late-stage cancer as a young adult, was one of three finalists for the 2012 Nantucket Film Festival’s Tony Cox Screenwriting Competition. Nolfi is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts film program.