About Us
KTF Films is an independent production company based in Northern California. Founded in 2006, we’ve produced and directed several feature-length documentaries that have premiered at major film festivals and gone on to screen in cinemas worldwide. Today, our films can be seen on major screening platforms such as Discovery+, HBO, HULU, Apple, and Amazon. We also had the great pleasure of creating a documentary series for Disney+.
Don Hardy 
EP / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR
EP / DIRECTOR / PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHER / EDITOR
Don Hardy is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose most recent film, Citizen Penn, premiered on Discovery+ in 2021. That film tells the story of the birth and growth of Sean Penn’s aid organization J/P HRO after a catastrophic earthquake shook Haiti in 2010. Citizen Penn premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2020.
Don wrapped the first season of a new documentary series for Disney+ called Pick of the Litter in early 2020. The series is based on a documentary film of the same name he produced and directed in 2018. The film was purchased by IFC Films/Sundance Selects and premiered in theaters and on VOD in August 2018. It quickly became one of the most successful documentaries of the year.
Don served as executive producer and showrunner for the Disney+ series and directed several of the episodes.
Shawn Dailey
Shawn Dailey
PRODUCER
Shawn Dailey is a producer at KTF Films. Before joining the team he worked on Take Me to The River, a film that chronicles the musical history of Memphis. Since he was thirteen years old, Shawn also played bass guitar in bands, most notably touring and recording for eight years with Courtney Love’s band, Hole. In 2016 Shawn transitioned into management. He represents Grammy winners, Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame inductees, and best-selling authors. Shawn sits on the founding board of Law Rocks and the boards of Bay Area Music Project and Dave Navarro’s Above Ground.
Stefanie Lindeen
Stefanie Lindeen
PROJECT COORDINATOR / FIELD PRODUCER
Stefanie Lindeen is a project coordinator and field producer at KTF Films. The role allows her to combine her years of experience as a studio and account manager with her strong background in visual arts — including, writing, painting, design, and photography.
Stefanie has more than 20 years experience in project coordination, working as senior account manager for Deutsch Design Works, and studio manager for Voicebox Creative, Octavia Wellness, and Design Studio.
She co-founded Teahouse Studio; a creative space for writers and photographers, and Mabel Magazine; a print publication dedicated to telling the stories of female creatives. Her photography has been published in Taproot, Mingle, Mabel, Design Sponge and Just Us Girls: 48 Creative Art & Craft Projects for Mothers and Daughters to Do Together.
