Kat VanCleave is a film director & visual architect authoring high-concept stories & worlds across cinema, space, and culture.
Directing high-concept advertising and sensory cinema for luxury campaigns.
Original screenplays, concept designs, and films.
Cinematic World-Building & Spatial Design.
Unrealized concepts, visual treatments, and active director blueprints.
[gurl grant]
Money is power, and power is autonomy.
GURL GRANT was founded by Kat VanCleave in 2025 with the simple mission : get more money into the hands of Female & Non-Binary Film Directors.
“I want directors to feel empowered by, not beholden to money. I want more stories being told by diverse voices and this grant is just the beginning of what I hope to contribute to the badass community that is indie film. “ -Kat
