K Pontuti is a trans / non-binary artist and filmmaker based in northern California. Their debut feature film The Yellow Wallpaper won best narrative feature at the Topanga Film Festival and is being distributed by Mutiny Pictures, Level Films, and Nonstop Entertainment. Pontuti writes, produces, and directs film projects, primarily in the elevated horror genre, through their production company Hysteria Pictures. They also create drawings, photographic, and multimedia works under their brand Anything 4 Another Day. Additionally, Pontuti is a professor, and chair of University of the Pacific's Department of Art, Media, Performance, and Design.