Katherine Chediak Putnam is a Brazilian-American director and one half of a wife-and-husband writing team with Australian screenwriter Dean W. Law. The couples' films attempt to bring to life genre stories with personal relevance enriched by their multicultural experience. Their 2018 short 'Stray' was nominated for an Australian Writers' Guild Award before playing some of the world's most celebrated genre festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, Monster Fest and San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival, where it was awarded Best Short Film.