https://www.kaitlinfontana.com/home daily 1.0 2026-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62897a6cc49d3954d708d9eb/b89c3ae1-1361-4065-b7b9-9e33d3e20cce/Screen+Shot+2022-03-03+at+2.31.08+PM.jpg Bio - Writer, Director, Gadabout Kaitlin Fontana is an Emmy-nominated TV and film writer, director, and producer, and a National Magazine award-winning essayist. In a past life, she was a music journalist. She was the host of the WGAE's podcast OnWriting for seasons 4-6. Kaitlin is an alum of the 2024 Sundance Feature Development Lab, and her script IS THIS YOU is both a 2025 Frontiéres Market Official Selection and on the 2024 Black List. Her first Black List script, GIRLFRIEND ON MARS, is in development with Party Over Here. Kaitlin’s short film IDLE/WILD was a Daily Pick at Film Shortage and her directorial debut, FRANCHESCA, was an official Sundance Film Festival selection. She is the writer and a producer of the true crime-meets-punk podcast PETER AND THE ACID KING, which was named a Best Podcast of 2023 by Vulture. She is a NYTVF Development Deal recipient (Audible) and a finalist in the HBOAccess Directing Fellowship. Kaitlin is a WriteHer List Honoree, an inaugural WGA/Made in New York Writers Room Fellow, Showtime Tony Cox Award winner, Nantucket Comedy Colonist, and Bitch List Honoree. She was a Field Producer on Full Frontal with Samantha Bee. Kaitlin splits her time between California and British Columbia. She was born in Fernie, BC, a distinction she shares with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62897a6cc49d3954d708d9eb/d35f798c-927b-4f2f-852f-73a74d689fa6/Screen+Shot+2022-01-08+at+10.52.10+AM.jpg Bio - Kaitlin’s work is available via her representation. https://www.kaitlinfontana.com/representationcontact daily 0.75 2025-12-18 https://www.kaitlinfontana.com/read daily 0.75 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62897a6cc49d3954d708d9eb/530ed534-2e59-4444-9e4a-0323a783881e/51-7NhvZvFL.png Read - Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records Released by ECW Press, Toronto, 2011. If you're into music history and Canadian indie record labels, then hey: this book is for you.