Kat Kruger

Various contracted work: decor shopping, building and dressing sets, creating "mess" effects for cleaning products, food styling, making props, and working with animal actors for a variety of web content, advertisements, and product shoots.

Upcoming short film by Bri LeRose and Ski Team Productions. Assisted in set dressing, wardrobe, props and practical gags to create a believable setting and colorful characters.

Directed by George Nienhuis for Google. Sourced, organized, and maintained appearance of props.

Assisted Amanda Tollefson with styling 150 extras to curate a cohesive crowd of fans for the Zac Brown Band and MLB Season Opening promo.

Collaborated with Ski Team Productions to rig and puppeteer various elements within the Oriental and Downer theaters to create an animated ensemble of personified furnishings in a "night at the museum" esque musical fundraising promo.

A proof of concept film by Paulina Lule Bugembe-Kuwahara. Collaborated to develop a strong visual concept, design a unique but cohesive look for the film's "zombies", as well as hire and manage a team of artists to help bring the vision to life. Doubled as SFX Supervisor and MUA.

Featured at the 2026 Wisconsin Film Festival and 2026 Milwaukee Film Festival.

Upcoming feature film by Kara Mulrooney, set across two timelines, modern and past. Brought on as an intern and was promoted on set due to the quality of my contributions. Worked primarily on the 1950's timeline of the film, including set dressing, prop making, and covering as HMU for the second half of each set day.

Senior capstone film - a multi-genre short where I was the director, writer, editor, dp and entire art department. Learned a lot about management, organization, working with a minimal budget, and the importance of a good team.