Katrina Cecilia Larner (b. 2003)
Working in Philadelphia, PA USA

Education:
BFA Film/Animation/Video
Rhode Island School of Design - 2025

Festival Recognition:
Play Fight! - Slamdance International Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, London International Animation Festival, Tricky Women Tricky Realities International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, Transifiguration International Film Festival, Sea Slug Animation Festival, Sweaty Eyeballs Animation, Out For Blood Queer Horror Film  Festival, ANIMAC Festival, GRRLHAUS Cinema, San Francisco Underground Film Festival, & Apple Box Shorts Screening Series.

Teaching Experience:
Substitute Professor, Digital Practices, Prof. Edmond Hawkins, RISD, March 30, 2026 & April 28 2026
Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Animation, Prof. Amy Kravitz, RISD, Sept. 2024 - May 2025
Pre-College Teaching Assistant, Film/Video, Prof. Kevin Gilmore, RISD CE, July 2024
Teaching Assistant, Museum of Children’s Art Oakland Summer Program, Summer 2019


Commission Experience
Colorist - Tumble Dance, Bridge Street Media, July-August 2026
Lead Animator/Co-Director, Dance, Drink, Love Fight - Adult Swim (Undisclosed Project), March-August 2026
Director & Independent Animator, Borderline - Promotional Music Animation, Mommy Mommy, Jan-Feb 2026
Animator, Turn So Slow - Music Video, Full Body 2, Oct-Nov 2025

Awards:
Bruce Bolduc Memorial Award - 2025
FAV Department Recognition Award - 2024
RISD Honors Designation - 2022-2025

Talks:
Digital Practices, Prof. Edmond Hawkins, RISD, March 30, 2026
Film/Video, Prof. Kevin Gilmore, RISD CE, July 24, 2025

Other Work Experience:
Retail/Creative Assistant, Frog & Toad Store/Press, Sept. 2025 - Present
Checkout Assistant, RISD FAV, Jan. 2023 - May 2025
Cashier, Bel and Bunna’s Books, 2020 - 2022