Katiana Weems-Ado

Katiana is an American cinematographer, director, and writer based in London. Katiana’s innovative approach to filmmaking has earned her recognition from countless award shows such as her nomination for the New Blood Emerging Artist Award. She is also the creator of Axiom24, a Kino futurist manifesto that seeks to formalize her ways of working in pursuit of collaborative and supportive practices in the film industry.

Katiana received her MFA from The Royal College of Arts in 2024 and her BFA from Syracuse University and has gone on to teach internationally at Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, the Baltimore School of the Arts and other prestigious institutions.

She began her filmmaking career as an image researcher at Somesuch and as an editor. As a filmmaker, Katiana works primarily as a cinematographer and director on short and long-form narratives and documentaries, but in the past has worked on music videos and corporate & commercial work.