Kase Peña
Known for DirectingNew York City, New York
Kase is an award-winning New York City born filmmaker, a trans woman of color, the offspring of working-class Dominican parents. She’s fluent in Spanish and speaks intermediate Portuguese. She is the first Trans Latinx Woman to join the WGA.
Kase is a filmmaking Fellow of the inaugural Film Accelerator Program by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Further, Kase is a One-Fifty/Warner Media Writing/Directing Fellow, as well as a LALIFF/Netflix Directing Inclusion Fellow.
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Kase has completed filming TRANS LOS ANGELES, an independent feature that is an anthology of three shorts regarding different Trans experiences. While this film was still a-work-in-progress, it was shortlisted for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay by Variety Senior Awards Editor Clayton Davis in late 2023. Emmy-award winning actor Billy Porter and Sydney Freeland serve as Executive Producers of TRANS LOS ANGELES.
Her recently directed docuseries VISIONS OF US, a four part mini-doc highlighting the history of Latinx LGBT representation on Film and TV for Netflix YouTube is the recipient of a Gold Anthem Webby Award. She also served as a consultant on Season Three of A Million Little Things on ABC Network.
HBO has picked up distribution rights to two short films written and directed by Kase: FULL BEAT and TRABAJO.
