About: Kailey New
Producer
videographer
editor
Hello, it’s nice to meet you.
Kailey New is a Fort Payne, AL native who currently resides in Birmingham, AL. She is a recent 2022 University of Alabama graduate, with a BAC degree in creative media and a minor in creative writing. She has worked on multiple short film sets in the following roles: Assistant Director, Assistant Camera, Director of Photography, and Director. She has even had the opportunity to work on two tv pilots and worked as a Health & Safety PA for the feature film Wire Room starring Bruce Willis. While in college, Kailey was involved in leadership roles within the Black Warrior Film Festival and worked as a student producer for the Center for Public Television. She is currently employed at Red Clay Media as comedy video producer for It’s a Southern Thing. Her passion for filmmaking continues to grow with each set she steps on.
Kailey New was the recipient of a 2020 SouthEast Emmy award for the short documentary Visual Vernacular. She is proud to have been apart of the winning team, composed of producers from the Center for Public Television. In 2022, Kailey and the CPT team won another South East Emmy award for the short documentary Liquid Gold.
