Kathy Kolla is an American

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, and

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Biography

Her films include ''Plastic Daydream'' starring

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, the feature documentary ''Who Is Billy Bones?'' and the comedy ''Another Day, Another Dime''. She was awarded Best Director for the drama ''Plastic Daydream'' at the LA Live Film Festival in 2018. Her debut short film, ''Another Day, Another Dime'' won the 2009 Audience Choice award at the Flint Film Festival in

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. ''Another Day, Another Dime'' was subsequently sold to the television network

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in 2014, and began airing in the United States on November 16, 2014. In 2011, Kolla directed a

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featuring the singer

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for the

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charity, Nat King Cole Generation Hope. Her environmental documentary ''The Great Los Angeles River'' was also awarded second-place honors at the 2013 Going Green Film Festival. As an actress, Kolla has had roles in the television series ''

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.'' She is a

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. Kolla's debut feature film ''Who Is Billy Bones?'' premiered at the

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in 2015. The documentary focuses on the life of Steven “Billy Bones” Fortuna, lead singer of the early Los Angeles punk rock band The Skulls. ''Who Is Billy Bones?'' was acquired by the cable television network KCETLink Media Group in 2016. It began airing nationwide on

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and in Southern California on

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in June 2016.Hottest Celebrity Pics This Week Of June 20-26
''HollywoodLife.com''. Retrieved 1 April 2017

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