---
name: "Kat Candler"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kat-candler"
fi1m_id: "kat-candler"
imdb_id: "nm0133773"
tmdb_id: 1136502
wikidata_id: "Q6374951"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:43:34.532309+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kat Candler

## Identity

Kat Candler

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kat-candler
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kat-candler
- **IMDb ID:** nm0133773
- **TMDB ID:** 1136502
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6374951
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Candler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6374951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136502

Director. Born 11 November 1974 in Atlanta.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 November 1974, Atlanta
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat_Candler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6374951, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133773/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1136502

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Little House on the Prairie*](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md) (60)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Kat Candler (born 11 November 1974) is an American director, writer and producer. She grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, graduated from Florida State University and began her filmmaking career in Austin, Texas.

Candler wrote and directed the feature film *Hellion* (2014). Her television directing credits include episodes of *Queen Sugar* (for which she also served as showrunner on season three), *13 Reasons Why*, *Home Before Dark*, *Echoes* and *Dirty John*. She directed two episodes of the 2026 Netflix series *Little House on the Prairie*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), Fi1m 60, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Little House on the Prairie* (2026), series, Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-house-on-the-prairie.md)
- *Murdaugh: Death in the Family* (2025), series, Director
- *Echoes* (2022), series, Director
- *The Republic of Sarah* (2021), series, Director
- *Home Before Dark* (2020), series, Director
- *Truth Be Told* (2019), series, Director
- *Dirty John* (2018), series, Director
- *1985* (2018), Co-Producer
- *Sorry for Your Loss* (2018), series, Director
- *13 Reasons Why* (2017), series, Director, Consulting Producer
- *Queen Sugar* (2016), series, Director, Writer
- *Uncle Kent 2* (2016), as Mexican Jumping Beans (Voice)
- *Bad Moms* (2016), Second Unit Director
- *The Rusted* (2015), Writer, Director
- *12 Monkeys* (2015), series, Director
- *Hellion* (2014), Writer, Director
- *Love Me* (2013), Writer
- *Black Metal* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Hellion* (2012), Director, Producer
- *The Retelling* (2010), as Claire
- *Love Bug* (2009), Writer, Director
- *Jumping Off Bridges* (2006), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Splitfoot*, Director

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