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Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest guideline, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. ~2026-42918-83 (talk) 08:20, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Kate Dolan (born 1991) is an Irish director and writer. She is best known for her films You Are Not My Mother (2021) and SOULM8TE (2026). She has also directed TV and music videos.

Early Life and Education

Dolan grew up in North Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from IADT in 2012 with an Honours Degree in Film & Television Production. ^[1] Her graduate film Breathe In was selected for a number of Irish and international film festivals.

Career

Following University, Dolan worked on Commercials as well as making short films and music videos. Little Doll, was written and directed by Kate Dolan and premiered at the 2016 Berlinale.^[2] ^[3] Dolan wrote and directed the short Catcalls in 2017. ^[4] Dolan won the Emerging Director Award for best short film in 2018 for Catcalls. ^[5]

Dolan’s first feature, You Are Not My Mother, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival Midnight Madness programme in 2021.^[6] The cast includes Haxel Doupe, Carolyn Bracken and Ingrid Craigie. You Are Not My Mother was the first runner up in the TIFF 2021 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award after Julia Ducournau’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner ‘Titane’. ^[7] The film also won various awards for Dolan, including the Jury Prize for best film at the 2022 Gérardmer Film Festival. ^[8]

In 2023, Dolan directed two episodes of of the second season of Kin.^[9] For this work she won an IFTA.^[10] In 2024, she directed two episodes of the second season of The Tourist. >

Dolan was brought on to rewrite and direct Soulm8te, a spin off of the M3GAN universe. Lily Sullivan, David Rysdahl, and Claudia Doumit were cast in lead roles.^[11] Principal photography was completed by November 2024. Due to M3GAN 2.0 being a commercial disappointment, it was decided to release Soulm8te straight to digital on 1st August 2026. ^[12]

Personal Life

Dolan is openly queer.^[13]

Filmography

Feature Film
Year	Title	Director	Writer
2026	Soulm8te	Yes	Yes
2021	You Are Not My Mother	Yes	Yes

Television
Year	Title & Episode	Director	Writer
2024	The Tourist S2 Ep 5&6	Yes	No
2023	Kin S2 Ep 5&6	Yes	No

Short Film
Year	Title	Director	Writer
2017	Catcalls	Yes	Yes
2016	Little Doll	Yes	Yes
2012	Breath In	Yes	Yes

Music Videos
Year	Band	Song	Director
2024	Pillow Queens	Heavy Pour	Yes
2022	Pillow Queens	Be by your side	Yes
2020	Pillow Queens	Handsome Wife	Yes
2020	Pillow Queens	Holy Show	Yes
2019	Pillow Queens	Brothers	Yes
2018	Pillow Queens	Gay Girls	Yes
2018	Bitch Falcon	Prime Number	Yes
2017	Bitch Falcon	Of Heart	Yes

[1] "IADT)".

[2] "IMDB (IMDB)".

[3] "Berlinale programme (Berlinale)".

[4] "IMDB (IMDB)".

[5] "IMDB (IMDB)".

[6] "Toronto Film Festival (TIFF)".

[7] "Best New Picture".

[8] "Gérardmer Film Festival (Gérardmer Film Festival)".

[9] "World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)".

[10] "SDGI (SDGI)".

[11] "IMDB (IMDB)".

[12] "The Wrap (thewrap)".

[13] "Xtra Magazine (xtram)".

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