Katherine O’Connor is a director, writer and artist working across animation and installation. Based in the North East of England Katherine has written and directed sort form animated films that have been screened internationally, notably Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated Film Festival, Hiroshima International festival, BBC Three, Yorkshire Television, Channel 4 Rolling Stock Festival. Katherine’s Taxidermy installation works have been commissioned by galleries and museums within the Teesvalley area whilst her writings have been published as part of edited collections most recently the books The Uncanny and the Afterlife of the Gothic, edited by Manuela D’Amore.