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{{Short description|American television director (born 1963)}}
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'''Kathleen "Katy" Garretson''' (born May 15, 1963) is an ] ] and ], known for directing the ] '']'', '']'', '']'' and others, as well as producing Hallmark's '']'' movies. She received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the ] (DGA) in 2012 and has other nominations and awards for her work. '''Kathleen Garretson''' (born May 15, 1963) is an American ], ] and podcaster. Garretson has directed episodes of the ] '']'', '']'', '']'' and the season one finale of the '']'' reboot in 2021, among others, as well as producing Hallmark's '']'' movies. She received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the ] (DGA) in 2012. Garretson also hosted the hit podcast "Mojo Girl Madness."


==Early life== ==Early life==
Kathleen (Katy) Garretson was born in ], where her father, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed. Her parents were John Thomas Garretson, of Tucson, Arizona, where he earned his business degree from the University of Arizona, and Elinor Van Haltern, from Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Garretson is a graduate of the ] in Los Angeles, earning degrees in both Journalism and Business Communications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/alumni/alumna-katy-garretson-wins-directors-guild-america-lifetime-achievement-award|title=Alumna Katy Garretson wins Directors Guild of America lifetime achievement award|website=annenberg.usc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> At USC, Garretson was a member of the ] sorority, and was an award-winning member of the USC Speech & Debate Team. She became interested in the film industry while working at her college job as a tour guide at ].<ref name="dga2012">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/Guild-News/2012/January-2012/Awards-Garretson-Capra.aspx|title=Katy Garretson: 2012 Frank Capra Achievement Award - 64th Annual DGA Awards|website=www.dga.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> Kathleen Garretson was born in ], ], where her father, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed. Her parents were John Thomas Garretson, of Tucson, Arizona, where he earned his business degree from the University of Arizona, and Elinor Van Haltern, from Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Garretson is a graduate of the ] in Los Angeles, earning degrees in both Journalism and Business Communications.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/alumni/alumna-katy-garretson-wins-directors-guild-america-lifetime-achievement-award|title=Alumna Katy Garretson wins Directors Guild of America lifetime achievement award|website=annenberg.usc.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref> At USC, Garretson was a member of the ] sorority, and was an award-winning member of the USC Speech & Debate Team. She became interested in the film industry while working at her college job as a tour guide at ].<ref name="dga2012">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/News/Guild-News/2012/January-2012/Awards-Garretson-Capra.aspx|title=Katy Garretson: 2012 Frank Capra Achievement Award - 64th Annual DGA Awards|website=www.dga.org|language=en|access-date=2017-08-06}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Following graduation, and a brief run as a production assistant and stand-in, Garretson was accepted into the DGA training program. Following a two-year trainee period, she then fully joined the DGA as an ]. During her first few years as a DGA member, Garretson worked mainly on made-for-TV films and feature films. Her credits include the feature films '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. A TV director and a professor of directing at the ], Garretson has had a long career in entertainment. Following graduation from the University of Southern California, and a brief run as a production assistant and stand-in, Garretson was accepted into the ] training program. Following a two-year trainee period, she then fully joined the DGA as an ]. During her first few years as a DGA member, Garretson worked mainly on made-for-TV films and feature films. Her credits include the feature films '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.


Garretson continued to work as an assistant director on "]", features and commercials for several years, until she was hired to be an assistant director on the sitcom '']''. She slowly segued out of being an AD on "single-camera" productions as her credit list on "multi-camera" shows grew. Garretson then made her directorial debut during ''Frasier's'' ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-frasier-the-complete-sixth-season-kelsey-grammer/10257712|title=Frasier - The Complete Sixth Season|last=Noble|first=Barnes &|website=Barnes & Noble|language=en|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> She was nominated for a ] for "Best Comedy Director of 1999" for her first directing assignment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/katy-garretson|title=Alliance of Women Directors - Vision Focus Action|website=Alliance of Women Directors - Vision Focus Action|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> She continued to direct episodes of ''Frasier'' until the show's end in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katy-garretson/credits/249547/100163/|title=Katy Garretson|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> Her other directing credits include, ''The Cool Kids'', ''Alexa & Katie'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''Young & Hungry'', ''Sullivan & Son'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and the animated series '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2008/Volume-31-Issue-9-Sept-2008-/Science-Project.aspx|title=Science Project {{!}} Computer Graphics World|website=www.cgw.com|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/arts/television/01sid.html|title=Sid the Science Kid Works Hard to Inspire Others|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2008-08-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Garretson continued to work as an assistant director on "]", features and commercials for several years, until she was hired to be an assistant director on the sitcom '']''. She slowly segued out of being an AD on "single-camera" productions as her credit list on "multi-camera" shows grew. Garretson then made her directorial debut during ''Frasier's'' ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-frasier-the-complete-sixth-season-kelsey-grammer/10257712|title=Frasier - The Complete Sixth Season|last=Noble|first=Barnes &|website=Barnes & Noble|language=en|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> She was nominated for a ] for "Best Comedy Director of 1999" for her first directing assignment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org/katy-garretson|title=Alliance of Women Directors - Vision Focus Action|website=Alliance of Women Directors - Vision Focus Action|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> She continued to direct episodes of ''Frasier'' until the show's end in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/katy-garretson/credits/249547/100163/|title=Katy Garretson|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> Her other directing credits include the new ] reboot for ], ] with ], ] with ], '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and the animated series '']''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2008/Volume-31-Issue-9-Sept-2008-/Science-Project.aspx|title=Science Project {{!}} Computer Graphics World|website=www.cgw.com|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/arts/television/01sid.html|title=Sid the Science Kid Works Hard to Inspire Others|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2008-08-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-08-06|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


In January 2012, Garretson received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the DGA.<ref name="dga2012" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=2012|title=Inner Circle|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=70945460&site=ehost-live|journal=Daily Variety|volume=314|issue=19|pages=10|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/access-hollywood-inside-the-directors-guild-awards/|title=Access Hollywood {{!}} Inside the Directors Guild Awards|last=Ephron|first=Amy|date=2012-01-30|website=T Magazine|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS300896132820120129|title=Michel Hazanavicius Wins DGA Award for 'The Artist'|date=2012-01-29|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> She was the 26th recipient of this award, which is presented at the annual DGA Awards ceremony to a Guild member with at least twenty years of distinguished DGA credits and fifteen years of "quality" Guild service. Garretson served as an Associate National Board member and three-term Council Chair at the DGA, and on numerous guild committees. She currently serves the Directors Guild of America as a member of the PAC Leadership Committee, the Frank Capra Award Committee, and the Western Directors Council Ethics Committee. In January 2012, Garretson was awarded the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the DGA.<ref name="dga2012" /><ref>{{Cite journal|date=2012|title=Inner Circle|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=70945460&site=ehost-live|journal=Daily Variety|volume=314|issue=19|pages=10|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/access-hollywood-inside-the-directors-guild-awards/|title=Access Hollywood {{!}} Inside the Directors Guild Awards|last=Ephron|first=Amy|date=2012-01-30|website=T Magazine|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUS300896132820120129|title=Michel Hazanavicius Wins DGA Award for 'The Artist'|date=2012-01-29|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-08-20}}</ref> She was the 26th recipient of this award since the Guild was founded, and it was presented to her by director ]. Garretson served as an Associate National Board member and three-term Council Chair at the DGA, and on numerous guild committees. She currently serves the Directors Guild of America as a member of the PAC Leadership Committee, the Frank Capra Award Committee, and the Western Directors Council Ethics Committee.


Garretson took a three-year hiatus from directing from early-2012 through 2014 to serve as the CEO/Executive Director of the non-profit ] - Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ihadla.org/i-have-a-dream-foundation-los-angeles-chapter-names-katy-garretson/|title="I Have a Dream Foundation" Los Angeles Chapter Names Katy Garretson As Executive Director {{!}} Education Charity I Have A Dream Foundation LA|date=2012-09-15|work=Education Charity I Have A Dream Foundation LA|access-date=2017-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-345710959.html|title=NBC4 Introduces 'I Am a Volunteer' Campaign in Southern California|date=16 October 2013|work=Entertainment Close-up|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801113136/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-345710959.html|archive-date=2017-08-01|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription |via=HighBeam Research}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-37330059.html|title='I Have A Dream' Foundation - Los Angeles Names Debra Fine as CEO|date=29 October 2014|work=Manufacturing Close-up|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123050103/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-37330059.html|archive-date=2018-01-23|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription |via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> She had been a mentor and volunteer with the organization for many years, and was asked to oversee a rebuilding and revitalization of the foundation. This was accomplished by the end of 2014, and Garretson returned to her creative roots in film and television production. Garretson took a three-year hiatus from directing from early-2012 through 2014 to serve as the CEO/Executive Director of the non-profit ] - Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ihadla.org/i-have-a-dream-foundation-los-angeles-chapter-names-katy-garretson/|title="I Have a Dream Foundation" Los Angeles Chapter Names Katy Garretson As Executive Director {{!}} Education Charity I Have A Dream Foundation LA|date=2012-09-15|work=Education Charity I Have A Dream Foundation LA|access-date=2017-08-07|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-345710959.html|title=NBC4 Introduces 'I Am a Volunteer' Campaign in Southern California|date=16 October 2013|work=Entertainment Close-up|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801113136/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-345710959.html|archive-date=2017-08-01|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-37330059.html|title='I Have A Dream' Foundation - Los Angeles Names Debra Fine as CEO|date=29 October 2014|work=Manufacturing Close-up|access-date=31 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123050103/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-37330059.html|archive-date=2018-01-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> She had been a mentor and volunteer with the organization for many years, and was asked to oversee a rebuilding and revitalization of the foundation. This was accomplished by the end of 2014, and Garretson returned to her creative roots in film and television production.


Garretson is also a television producer, and in 2011-12, found, developed and was the supervising producer on a TV movie, '']'', for ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/seasonal-residents-first-book-already-a-hit-as-plans-for-movie-are-in-the-works-ep-389074311-331247591.html/|title=Seasonal resident's first book already a hit, as plans for movie are in the works|access-date=2017-08-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philjason.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/local-writers-garage-sale-mystery-filmed-for-hallmark-movie-channel/|title=Local writer's Garage Sale Mystery filmed for Hallmark Movie Channel|date=2013-05-30|website=Phil Jason Reviews Books|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> This movie, which aired in September 2013, broke nearly every ratings record for the Hallmark Channel, and in March 2014, Hallmark announced it would re-brand its movie channel to be the ] Channel, and would have a "wheel" of mystery movies led by new ''Garage Sale Mysteries''.<ref name=2014rebrand>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hallmark-movie-channel-rebranding-688270|title=Hallmark Movie Channel Rebranding; The network will become Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and will get a new tagline and logo, starting in the fourth quarter of 2014.|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=13 March 2014|work=]|accessdate=14 March 2014}}</ref> Fifteen ''Garage Sale Mysteries'' have aired and four new ones were scheduled to air in August, 2019, however midway through shooting of the seventeenth GSM, the star was indicted in the college admissions scandal and the movie series was cancelled by Hallmark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/garage-sale-mystery-movies|title=Garage Sale Mystery Movies {{!}} Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/garage-sale-mystery-movies/videos/preview-four-new-garage-sale-mysteries|title=Preview - Four New Garage Sale Mysteries {{!}} Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> Garretson is also a television producer, and in 2011-12, found, developed and was the supervising producer on a TV movie, '']'', for ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.naplesnews.com/community/seasonal-residents-first-book-already-a-hit-as-plans-for-movie-are-in-the-works-ep-389074311-331247591.html/|title=Seasonal resident's first book already a hit, as plans for movie are in the works|access-date=2017-08-14|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://philjason.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/local-writers-garage-sale-mystery-filmed-for-hallmark-movie-channel/|title=Local writer's Garage Sale Mystery filmed for Hallmark Movie Channel|date=2013-05-30|website=Phil Jason Reviews Books|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref> This movie, which aired in September 2013, broke nearly every ratings record for the Hallmark Channel, and in March 2014, Hallmark announced it would re-brand its movie channel to be the ] Channel, and would have a "wheel" of mystery movies led by new ''Garage Sale Mysteries''.<ref name=2014rebrand>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/hallmark-movie-channel-rebranding-688270|title=Hallmark Movie Channel Rebranding; The network will become Hallmark Movies & Mysteries and will get a new tagline and logo, starting in the fourth quarter of 2014.|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=13 March 2014|work=]|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> Fifteen ''Garage Sale Mysteries'' have aired and four new ones were scheduled to air in August, 2019, however midway through shooting of the seventeenth GSM, the star was indicted in the college admissions scandal and the movie series was cancelled by Hallmark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/garage-sale-mystery-movies|title=Garage Sale Mystery Movies {{!}} Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkmoviesandmysteries.com/garage-sale-mystery-movies/videos/preview-four-new-garage-sale-mysteries|title=Preview - Four New Garage Sale Mysteries {{!}} Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|website=Hallmark Movies and Mysteries|access-date=2017-08-07}}</ref>


Garretson has long been active in the Directors Guild of America and the ], speaking on numerous panels and seminars.<ref name="dga2012" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.emmys.com/video/directing-television-0|title=Directing for Television|work=Television Academy|access-date=2017-08-06|language=en}}</ref> She has also taught classes on sitcom directing at the ] in ]<ref> at the ] website</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.virtualtvacademy.org/panelists11-6/Director|title=Katy Garretson : Virtual Tv Academy|date=2010-02-25|work=archive.li|access-date=2017-08-06|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://archive.li/20100225070611/http://www.virtualtvacademy.org/panelists11-6/Director|archivedate=2010-02-25}}</ref> and has been a guest speaker for multiple courses at both the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the Screenwriting Program at UCLA. Additionally, Garretson has remained active as an alumna of USC. She served on the inaugural Alumni Board of Directors for the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications, and is a booster and avid fan of USC Trojan Football. Garretson has long been active in the Directors Guild of America and the ], speaking on numerous panels and seminars.<ref name="dga2012" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.emmys.com/video/directing-television-0|title=Directing for Television|work=Television Academy|access-date=2017-08-06|language=en}}</ref> She has also taught classes on sitcom directing at the ] in ]<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20100225070611/http://www.virtualtvacademy.org/panelists11-6/Director |date=2010-02-25 }} at the ] website</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.virtualtvacademy.org/panelists11-6/Director|title=Katy Garretson : Virtual Tv Academy|date=2010-02-25|work=archive.li|access-date=2017-08-06|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100225070611/http://www.virtualtvacademy.org/panelists11-6/Director|archive-date=2010-02-25}}</ref> and has been a guest speaker for multiple courses at both the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she now teaches a graduate course on directing, and the Screenwriting Program at UCLA. Additionally, Garretson has remained active as an alumna of USC. She served on the inaugural Alumni Board of Directors for the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications, and is a booster and avid fan of USC Trojan Football.


==Filmography== ==Filmography==
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| 1989 || '']'' || DGA Trainee || | 1989 || '']'' || DGA Trainee ||
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| rowspan=2|1991 || '']'' || rowspan=4|Second Assistant Director || | rowspan=2|1991 || '']'' || rowspan=4|Second Assistant Director ||
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| 1990 || '']'' || rowspan=5|Second Assistant Director || 3 episodes | 1990 || '']'' || rowspan=5|Second Assistant Director || 3 episodes
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| rowspan=2|1992 || '']'' || Episode: "Poor John: Part 1" | rowspan=2|1992 || '']'' || Episode: "Poor John: Part 1"
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| '']'' || Episode: "Mad Dog Returns" | '']'' || Episode: "Mad Dog Returns"
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| 1992-93 || '']'' || 2 episodes | 1992-93 || '']'' || 2 episodes
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| 1993 || ''Rio Shannon'' || TV movie | 1993 || ''Rio Shannon'' || TV movie
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| rowspan=3|1995 || ''Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty'' || rowspan=2|Second Assistant Director || TV movie | rowspan=3|1995 || ''Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty'' || rowspan=2|Second Assistant Director || TV movie
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| '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| '']'' || rowspan=7|First Assistant Director || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || rowspan=7|First Assistant Director || Episode: "Pilot"
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| rowspan=2|1996 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | rowspan=2|1996 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| rowspan=2|1998 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | rowspan=2|1998 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| 1999 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | 1999 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| 2000 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | 2000 || '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| rowspan=4|2002 || '']'' || Director || Episode: "The Visit" | rowspan=4|2002 || '']'' || Director || Episode: "The Visit"
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| '']'' || rowspan=2|First Assistant Director || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || rowspan=2|First Assistant Director || Episode: "Pilot"
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| '']'' || Episode: "Pilot" | '']'' || Episode: "Pilot"
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| '']'' || rowspan=17|Director || 3 episodes | '']'' || rowspan=17|Director || 3 episodes
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| 2003-05 || '']'' || 5 episodes | 2003-05 || '']'' || 5 episodes
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| 2003-06 || '']'' || 3 episodes | 2003-06 || '']'' || 3 episodes
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| rowspan=3|2003 || '']'' || Episode: "Squarewolves" | rowspan=3|2003 || '']'' || Episode: "Squarewolves"
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| '']'' || Episode: "Still the Bad Parents" | '']'' || Episode: "Still the Bad Parents"
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| '']'' || Episode: "They Shoot Reporters" | '']'' || Episode: "They Shoot Reporters"
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| rowspan=2|2005 || '']'' || Episode: "The Guide to in and Out" | rowspan=2|2005 || '']'' || Episode: "The Guide to in and Out"
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| '']'' || 2 episodes | '']'' || 2 episodes
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| rowspan=4|2006 || '']'' || Episode: "The Love Below" | rowspan=4|2006 || '']'' || Episode: "The Love Below"
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| '']'' || 2 episodes | '']'' || 2 episodes
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| 2007 || '']'' || 2 episodes | 2007 || '']'' || 2 episodes
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| 2008-2015 || '']'' || 42 episodes | 2008-2015 || '']'' || 42 episodes
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| 2009 || '']'' || 2 episodes | 2009 || '']'' || 2 episodes
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| 2011 || '']'' || Episode: "Heat It Up" | 2011 || '']'' || Episode: "Heat It Up"
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| 2013 || ''Garage Sale Mystery'' || Producer || TV movie | 2013 || ''Garage Sale Mystery'' || Producer || TV movie
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American television director (born 1963)
Katy Garretson
BornKathleen Elizabeth Garretson
Nuremberg, West Germany
Other namesKathleen E. Garretson
OccupationTelevision director / Television producer / Podcaster
Spouse Jonathan Axelrod ​ ​(m. 2011; div. 2015)​
Websitekatygarretson.com, mojogirlmadness.com

Kathleen Garretson (born May 15, 1963) is an American television director, producer and podcaster. Garretson has directed episodes of the sitcoms Frasier, 2 Broke Girls, Fuller House and the season one finale of the Punky Brewster reboot in 2021, among others, as well as producing Hallmark's Garage Sale Mystery movies. She received the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA) in 2012. Garretson also hosted the hit podcast "Mojo Girl Madness."

Early life

Kathleen Garretson was born in Nuremberg, West Germany, where her father, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, was stationed. Her parents were John Thomas Garretson, of Tucson, Arizona, where he earned his business degree from the University of Arizona, and Elinor Van Haltern, from Dallas, Texas, and a graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU). Garretson is a graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, earning degrees in both Journalism and Business Communications. At USC, Garretson was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, and was an award-winning member of the USC Speech & Debate Team. She became interested in the film industry while working at her college job as a tour guide at Universal Studios.

Career

A TV director and a professor of directing at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Garretson has had a long career in entertainment. Following graduation from the University of Southern California, and a brief run as a production assistant and stand-in, Garretson was accepted into the Directors Guild of America training program. Following a two-year trainee period, she then fully joined the DGA as an assistant director. During her first few years as a DGA member, Garretson worked mainly on made-for-TV films and feature films. Her credits include the feature films Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Clifford, Switch and The Specialist.

Garretson continued to work as an assistant director on "movies of the week", features and commercials for several years, until she was hired to be an assistant director on the sitcom Frasier. She slowly segued out of being an AD on "single-camera" productions as her credit list on "multi-camera" shows grew. Garretson then made her directorial debut during Frasier's sixth season. She was nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for "Best Comedy Director of 1999" for her first directing assignment. She continued to direct episodes of Frasier until the show's end in 2004. Her other directing credits include the new Punky Brewster reboot for Peacock, Carol's Second Act with Patricia Heaton, Broke with Pauley Perrette, The Cool Kids, Alexa & Katie, Fuller House, 2 Broke Girls, The Odd Couple, One Big Happy, Young & Hungry, Sullivan & Son, Titus, Reba, Girlfriends, George Lopez, Freddie, One on One, True Jackson, VP and the animated series Sid the Science Kid.

In January 2012, Garretson was awarded the Frank Capra Lifetime Achievement Award from the DGA. She was the 26th recipient of this award since the Guild was founded, and it was presented to her by director Michael Apted. Garretson served as an Associate National Board member and three-term Council Chair at the DGA, and on numerous guild committees. She currently serves the Directors Guild of America as a member of the PAC Leadership Committee, the Frank Capra Award Committee, and the Western Directors Council Ethics Committee.

Garretson took a three-year hiatus from directing from early-2012 through 2014 to serve as the CEO/Executive Director of the non-profit I Have A Dream Foundation - Los Angeles. She had been a mentor and volunteer with the organization for many years, and was asked to oversee a rebuilding and revitalization of the foundation. This was accomplished by the end of 2014, and Garretson returned to her creative roots in film and television production.

Garretson is also a television producer, and in 2011-12, found, developed and was the supervising producer on a TV movie, Garage Sale Mystery, for Hallmark Channel. This movie, which aired in September 2013, broke nearly every ratings record for the Hallmark Channel, and in March 2014, Hallmark announced it would re-brand its movie channel to be the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel, and would have a "wheel" of mystery movies led by new Garage Sale Mysteries. Fifteen Garage Sale Mysteries have aired and four new ones were scheduled to air in August, 2019, however midway through shooting of the seventeenth GSM, the star was indicted in the college admissions scandal and the movie series was cancelled by Hallmark.

Garretson has long been active in the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, speaking on numerous panels and seminars. She has also taught classes on sitcom directing at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles and has been a guest speaker for multiple courses at both the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she now teaches a graduate course on directing, and the Screenwriting Program at UCLA. Additionally, Garretson has remained active as an alumna of USC. She served on the inaugural Alumni Board of Directors for the Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications, and is a booster and avid fan of USC Trojan Football.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Note(s)
1988 Cop Stand-In
1989 Black Rain DGA Trainee
1991 Switch Second Assistant Director
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1994 Clifford
Double Dragon
The Message Producer Short
2008 Arctic: Change at the Top of the World Writer/Producer

Television

Year Title Role Note(s)
1989 Third Degree Burn DGA Trainee TV movie
L.A. Law 2 episodes
1990 Columbo Second Assistant Director 3 episodes
1992 Dear John Episode: "Poor John: Part 1"
Bob Episode: "Mad Dog Returns"
1992-93 Love & War 2 episodes
1993 Rio Shannon TV movie
1994-2004 Frasier First Assistant Director/Second Assistant Director/Director/Voice of "Computer" 204 episodes
1995 Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty Second Assistant Director TV movie
Hudson Street Episode: "Pilot"
The Pursit of Happiness First Assistant Director Episode: "Pilot"
1996 Lush Life Episode: "Pilot"
Pearl Episode: "Pilot"
1998 Encore! Encore! Episode: "Pilot"
Better Days Episode: "Pilot"
1999 Love & Money Episode: "Pilot"
2000 Welcome to New York Episode: "Pilot"
2002 Titus Director Episode: "The Visit"
In-Laws First Assistant Director Episode: "Pilot"
Bram & Alice Episode: "Pilot"
Reba Director 3 episodes
2003-05 Girlfriends 5 episodes
2003-06 One on One 3 episodes
2003 The Pitts Episode: "Squarewolves"
Still Standing Episode: "Still the Bad Parents"
Wanda at Large Episode: "They Shoot Reporters"
2005 The Bad Girls Club Episode: "The Guide to in and Out"
Love, Inc. 2 episodes
2006 Cuts Episode: "The Love Below"
Living with Fran Episode: "The Whole Clan with Fran"
Freddie 4 episodes
George Lopez 2 episodes
2007 Lovebites 2 episodes
2008-2015 Sid the Science Kid 42 episodes
2008 Rita Rocks 2 episodes
2009 True Jackson, VP 2 episodes
2011 Shake It Up Episode: "Heat It Up"
2013 Garage Sale Mystery Producer TV movie
2014 Sullivan & Son Director Episode: "You, Me, and Gary"
Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters Producer TV movie
2015 One Big Happy Director Episode: "A Tale of Two Hubbies"
Young & Hungry 5 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room Producer TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Wedding Dress TV movie
2016 2 Broke Girls Director 4 episodes
The Odd Couple 2 episodes
Fuller House 5 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Producer TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders TV movie
2017-18 School of Rock Director 3 episodes
2017 Garage Sale Mystery: The Art of Murder Producer TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder by Text TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Mediveal TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: A Case of Murder TV movie
2018 Alexa & Katie Director 3 episodes
Living Biblically Episode: "Thou Shalt Not Covet"
Garage Sale Mystery: Pandora's Box Producer TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: The Mask Murder TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Picture a Murder TV movie
Garage Sale Mystery: Murder In D Minor TV movie
2018-19 The Cool Kids Director 2 episodes
2019 Cousins for Life 2 episodes
Garage Sale Mystery: Searched & Seized Producer TV movie
Carol's Second Act Director Episode: "Therapy Dogs"
2020 Broke 2 episodes

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