Kristine Stolakis is a BAFTA nominated documentary director whose films explore American systems of power and the people in them. 

Her debut feature PRAY AWAY chronicles the history and continuation of the “pray the gay away” movement and is a co-production of Multitude Films. Her directorial debut THE TYPIST (Hot Docs 2015) was released by KQED and is currently a Vimeo Staff Pick. Her documentary WHERE WE STAND (DOC NYC 2015) was released by The Atlantic and nominated for a BAFTA. She also produced ATTLA (Independent Lens), a co-production of ITVS and Vision Maker Media. Her films have received supported from the Catapult Film Fund, Tribeca Film Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, SFFilm, and Hartley Film Foundation. 

She holds an MFA in Documentary from Stanford University, where she currently lectures, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from New York University. She proudly hails from North Carolina and central New York.

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MAR 2019 – PRAY AWAY invited to the Tribeca/A&E Storylab

JAN 2019 – Kristine selected for Chicken and Egg’s 2019 (Egg)celerator Lab

DEC 2018 – Kristine Stolakis receives SFFilm Artist Residency

JUN 2018 – PRAY AWAY recipient of Catapult Film Fund

NOV 2017 – Kristine Stolakis receives SFFILM’s Artist Residency

OCT 2017 – PRAY AWAY invited to the Investigative Reporting Program’s Filmmakers Workshop

JUN 2017 – THE TYPIST a Staff Pick at Vimeo

Jan 2017 – WHERE WE STAND a Staff Pick at Vimeo

Jan 2017 – WHERE WE STAND released by The Atlantic

May 2016 – WHERE WE STAND nominated for BAFTA

Mar 2016 – WHERE WE STAND featured in Ms. Magazine

Mar 2016 – WHERE WE STAND featured in Broadly

May 2015 – THE TYPIST featured in Buzzfeed

Mar 2015 – THE TYPIST premieres at Hot Docs International Film Festival

Jan 2015 – The Stanford Daily: In conversation with documentary filmmaker, Kristine Stolakis