About Us
We're an independent film production company that has been making both documentaries and feature films for more than 20 years. Our mission is to create stories that enrich an understanding of the human experience.
Who is Ladylike films?
Linda Goldstein Knowlton (Producer/Director)
Linda Goldstein Knowlton is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, working in documentary and scripted feature films, as well as television. Her most recent film SPLIT AT THE ROOT, with Executive Producers Marti Noxon and Rosario Dawson, made its World Premiere at SXSW, was acquired by Ava Duvernay’s ARRAY Releasing, and premiered on Netflix in 2023. Her award-winning film WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS premiered at SXSW and had its broadcast premiere on PBS. She started her career producing feature films, including the award-winning WHALE RIDER and THE SHIPPING NEWS. She began directing documentaries in 2003 with THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET, which debuted at Sundance and aired nationally on PBS. She directed and produced one of the six, Emmy-nominated documentaries for the PBS MAKERS: WOMEN WHO MAKE AMERICA series. She produced CODE BLACK, Best Documentary winner at LA Film Festival and the Hamptons International Film Festival, and the basis for the CBS one-hour drama. Previously she directed and produced SOMEWHERE BETWEEN, which won the Audience Award at the Hot Docs Film Festival, and was released theatrically in over 80 cities across the US. Goldstein Knowlton is a member of The Academy and the DGA.
Katie Flint (Producer/Editor)
Katie Flint is an award winning feature-length documentary editor and producer. With her frequent collaborator, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, she co-produced and edited SOMEWHERE BETWEEN (2011) which profiled four girls adopted from China. The film won the Hot Docs Audience Award. She co-edited Dawn Porter's documentary film TRAPPED (2016), about the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for American women. The film premiered at Sundance and won the Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking. Other credits include SOUND OF REDEMPTION: THE FRANK MORGAN STORY, Jonathan Demme's JIMMY CARTER: MAN FROM PLAINS, STEAL A PENCIL FOR ME, THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET, PBS’ MAKERS: WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD, and Daryl Hannah's DHLOVELIFE webseries. Katie participated in multiple Sundance documentary labs and is passionate about using her filmmaking skills to advance the interests of those who lack a majority voice, including advocating for the environment and fighting climate change. She lives in Petaluma, CA with her family.
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