Katt Shea

About Katt Shea

Who is it?: Actress, Director, Writer
Birth Year: 1957
Birth Place:  Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Katt Shea was born on 1957 in  Detroit, Michigan, United States, is Actress, Director, Writer. Katt Shea was born in 1957 in Detroit, Michigan. She grew up in a quiet Detroit suburb and graduated from the University of Michigan with honors. Shea worked for a short spell as a teacher in the Detroit public school system. At age 19, Katt drove her Volkswagen to Hollywood, California. She did a fleeting stint as a model and briefly attended UCLA. Shea soon started acting in either small parts or more substantial co-starring roles in such movies as My Tutor (1983), Scarface (1983), Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984), Barbarian Queen (1985), and the superior slasher sequel Psycho III (1986), making an especially memorable appearance in the latter as one of Norman Bates' victims. Shea made her promising debut as both writer and director with the sexy and stylish thriller Stripped to Kill (1987). She also did the equally solid sequel. Katt's finest cinematic achievement to date was the extremely thoughtful and touching vampire horror gem Dance of the Damned (1989). The gritty drama Streets (1990) and the gripping thriller Poison Ivy (1992) were likewise excellent and impressive. Last Exit to Earth (1996) was an entertainingly cheesy sci-fi hoot while the belated and unnecessary sequel The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999) was regrettably lackluster. Katt Shea's last two pictures to date were a couple of made-for-TV affairs: the poignant and powerful teen drama Sharing the Secret (2000) was a terrific return to form while the humdrum stalker outing Sanctuary (2001) was another unfortunate misstep in Shea's rather uneven, but overall quite sturdy and enjoyable career.
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Katt's work is distinctive for its style, rhythm, the progression of its narrative. Her movies touch something deep in the psyche. They have a consistent and coherent sensibility and I thought it would make sense to show her work as a body.

Biography/Timeline

1986

In 1986, she was on location in the Philippines when she struck up a friendship with Andy Ruben. The two of them started writing scripts together, and succeeded in getting The Patriot (1986) made for Roger Corman. Corman agreed to Finance another Ruben-Shea script with Shea directing, Stripped to Kill. The resulting movie was successful and launched her directorial career.

1990

In a 1990 review of Streets, the Los Angeles Times said Shea "continues to show that she is a first-rate talent, as terrific at handling hard action with style and dispatch as a drawing the best from her casts."

1992

Katt Shea married collaborator Andy Ruben. They divorced in 1992 after 13 years of marriage.

2019

Shea made a number of films for Corman based on scripts by herself and Ruben. Corman later described her as a "”talented Director. She’s particularly good with actors, having been an Actress herself. She’s taught herself about the camera and has gotten better with each picture.”