Documentary director/ producer/ cinematographer. Originally from London, Katie moved to the US after co-directing her first feature ‘The (Dead Mothers) Club’ (HBO, 2014) with Carlye Rubin. The pair founded Smoke & Apple Films and have been making films together ever since. ‘The Family I Had’ about intra-family violence and juvenile incarceration, participated in the Points North Documentary Forum and the Camden/ TFI Retreat. It premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017, received the Special Jury Mention for Best Documentary at Raindance, and won The Gracie Award for Best Documentary. In 2019 they completed ‘1275 Days’- a very different story about juvenile justice and the complex felony murder rule. In addition to their feature film work, Smoke & Apple have made short films for the BBC, Innocence Project, and most recently, Amazon Originals. Their work has been supported by Tribeca Film Institute, the Jerome Foundation, Dogwoof and the Camden Film Institute.

CARLYE RUBIN (she/her) is a Director/Producer passionate about telling stories that break taboos (talking about death), provide an injustice a platform (extreme sentencing of youth) or give insight into a unique individual. After working in various capacities on documentaries including Capitalism: A Love Story and The Swell Season, she co-founded Smoke & Apple Films with Katie Green to make her directorial debut with The (Dead Mothers) Club (HBO, 2014) and followed up with The Family I Had (Tribeca Film Festival, Discovery I.D., 2017). Since completing 1275 Days (2015, Points North Fellow, DOCNYC, 2019, Vera Institute of Justice Best of Prison Reform 2019 Film), she is developing new projects.