Catya Plate

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Female

Place of Birth Barcelona, Spain

Catya Plate

Biography

CATYA PLATE -Spanish born/German multi-media artist, animator, director, producer, writer - came to New York in 1987 through a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has been shown since the mid-1980's at Museums and Galleries like the Whitney Museum at Altria and Adam Baumgold Gallery and is included in collections such as The Brooklyn Museum and New York Library/Print Collection. Reviews have appeared in The New York Times, among others. In 2009 she created Clothespin Freak Productions to bring her “Clothespin Freaks” characters to life through handcrafted award-winning stop-motion animation films. In April 2023, she received a prestigious NYC Women's Fund Grant Award by New York Foundation for the Arts for Las Nogas which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Best Environmental Film.

Known For

Writer

2017
Meeting MacGuffin

as Original Story

2013
Hanging By a Thread

as Original Story

2011
The Reading

as Original Story

Director

2023
Las Nogas

as Director

2017
Meeting MacGuffin

as Director

2013
2011
The Reading

as Director

Visual Effects

2017
Meeting MacGuffin

as Animation

2013
Hanging By a Thread

as Animation

2011
The Reading

as Animation

Producer

2017
Meeting MacGuffin

as Producer

2013
2011
The Reading

as Producer

Sound

2011
The Reading

as Sound Effects

Actor

2011
The Reading

as The Woman