Biography

Niki Koss started her career as an actress in films like the Terence Malick produced, Red Wing, opposite Glen Powell, Paramount's, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and many more. When she landed her series regular role opposite Bella Thorne in Freeform's Famous In Love, created by Pretty Little Liars showrunner, Marlene King, she began shadowing as much as she could and inundating herself with behind the camera knowledge. Niki quickly became enthralled with directing and embarked on a long journey of producing and directing everything and anything she could get her hands on. She began with shorts, webseries, pilots and music videos, all which won numerous awards, and then moved onto features. Koss has produced three feature films and directed four, all of which were either network financed or independent films which received worldwide and theatrical distribution. Her more recent documentary feature film, Homeschooled, is currently going through the festival circuit and has already won several awards. Niki was also winner of the FEMALE FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR at BIFF. She is a member of Women in Media, Women in Film and the Alliance of Women Directors as well as a SUNDANCE COLLAB DIRECTING FELLOWSHIP and WOMEN IN FILM PRODUCING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM alumna. During the strike, Niki directed THREE COMMERCIALS FOR SEPHORA. Koss was included in the FORBES 30 UNDER 30 in Entertainment list as well as LA WEEKLY as one of their TOP 10 Game Changing Innovators in Entertainment.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: MLC PR