Katja Esson

Directing

  • Place of birth
  • Hamburg, West Germany [now Germany]

Biography

Katja Esson is a German-American filmmaker based in Miami, Florida. She was born and raised in Germany.

Her documentary Ferry Tales received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2004. She is the only female German filmmaker ever nominated for a documentary at the Academy Awards.

On the crew 12

Backroads USA
2013
Ferry Tales
2003
Skydancer poster
Skydancer
2011
Amerikas Flüsse poster
Amerikas Flüsse
2016
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk poster
Ohero:kon - Under the Husk
2017
Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe poster
Without a Whisper - Konnón:kwe
2020
Hole in the Sky - The Scars of 9/11
2006
Destination nature : La Floride poster
Destination nature : La Floride
2024
Hooker, Harlot, Whore, Stories of Prostitution poster
Hooker, Harlot, Whore, Stories of Prostitution
2010
Poetry of Resilience
2011
Razing Liberty Square poster
Razing Liberty Square
2023
Sur les Gratte-Ciel de New York
2014