BAYCAT
Deidre Locklear is an accomplished Associate Creative Director and Lead Creative Producer at BAYCAT since May 2022, where expertise includes directing videos, leading teams, maintaining client relationships, and mentoring emerging filmmakers. Prior to BAYCAT, Deidre operated as a freelance filmmaker from November 2019 to February 2022, specializing as a 1st Assistant Camera on music videos and commercials for various notable clients. Deidre has also served as Director and DP for Pinterest in a January 2022 project, and held roles such as Director of Photography at Williams-Sonoma, Inc. and Google. Deidre's education includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Motion Picture & Television from the Academy of Art University and an Associate degree in Theatre from the College of Southern Maryland.
BAYCAT
EMPOWER YOUTH. TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES. ONE STORY AT A TIME. BAYCAT is a non profit social enterprise that educates, empowers and employs San Francisco underserved youth in digital media. Visit www.baycat.org/baycat-studio to find out how you can hire our Studio and our graduates to create your promotional video and branding materials. We’re creating pathways from education to employment. We empower underserved kids by teaching them technical digital skills. In the process, they develop the support and confidence they need to succeed in life. Mission BAYCAT educates, empowers and employs youth and young adults to produce digital media that tells their unique stories and engages them to positively transform themselves, their communities, and the world. Vision BAYCAT believes that every person’s story matters. We envision a world where media and technology facilitate the telling and the hearing of stories from the broadest possible range of experiences in a way that moves people to create positive change in their communities.