Catherine Clinch(I)
- Writer
- Producer
Catherine is a writer/producer with thirty years of experience in the
entertainment industry. In the early years of her career, Catherine
wrote 17 episodes of network television for hit series including
Hunter, Jake & The Fatman, KnightRider, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat,
True Confessions and Foul Play. It is interesting to note that 9 first
drafts were "greenlit" straight into production without rewrite. She
wrote and developed (unproduced) movies made for television with
Gross-Weston Productions and ABC Television. She was elected to and
served a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild
of America, west.
After making the decision to be a stay-at-home mom, Catherine undertook
a series of part-time positions that enabled her to work on flex time
schedules - based on the school schedules of her three sons. She wrote
a few articles for Creative Screenwriting Magazine and worked her way
up through the ranks of columnist to contributing editor and was
ultimately named Associate Publisher of the magazine and associate
coordinator of the Screenwriting Expo. Her relationship with the
magazine lasted for 12 of the first 13 years of its publication.
During that same period of time, Catherine became an Adjunct Assistant
Professor and taught accredited courses in screenwriting and advanced
video production at Loyola Marymount University and California State
University Dominguez Hills. She designed and taught the innovative
Entertain.ment - the first university-accredited course in writing and
producing live interactive broadcast for the Internet. In that course,
she supervised the first interactive student production with real-time
participants throughout the United States and Indonesia.
Through the Department of Mediated Instruction and Distance Learning at
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Catherine wrote, produced
and presented more than 225 hours of Live educational television that
was broadcast throughout the greater Los Angeles area on the
University-affiliated channel. She authored a primer for PBS Learning
Satellite Service to explain the distance learning process from the
course-creator's point of view. From that primer, she has been quoted
and referenced in at least two doctoral dissertations.
A firm believer in the importance of performing community service,
Catherine spent many years volunteering in the Los Angeles Unified
School District. She was appointed Commissioner of Special Education;
appointed to the State-mandated Community Advisory Committee on Special
Education; appointed to the Communications Committee of the Chanda
Smith Consent Decree; appointed to the Disabilities Awareness Month
Task Force. In 2000, she was nominated for the Los Angeles Business
Journal's "Women Who Make A Difference" Award.
Catherine attended the University of South Florida where she earned a
B.A. in Theatre/Film (completed at the age of 19). As the recipient of
a teaching fellowship, she earned an M.A. in Speech Communication
(completed at age 21). She pursued post-graduate studies in Film at
Columbia University and was accepted into the highly-coveted Director's
Guild Training Program.
Catherine blogs for The Huffington Post. She also writes articles about
digital media for Studio System News.
Catherine plans to spend the rest of her career creating high-quality
entertainment product that is family-friendly, Christian-friendly, and
suitable for the global market.
entertainment industry. In the early years of her career, Catherine
wrote 17 episodes of network television for hit series including
Hunter, Jake & The Fatman, KnightRider, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat,
True Confessions and Foul Play. It is interesting to note that 9 first
drafts were "greenlit" straight into production without rewrite. She
wrote and developed (unproduced) movies made for television with
Gross-Weston Productions and ABC Television. She was elected to and
served a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild
of America, west.
After making the decision to be a stay-at-home mom, Catherine undertook
a series of part-time positions that enabled her to work on flex time
schedules - based on the school schedules of her three sons. She wrote
a few articles for Creative Screenwriting Magazine and worked her way
up through the ranks of columnist to contributing editor and was
ultimately named Associate Publisher of the magazine and associate
coordinator of the Screenwriting Expo. Her relationship with the
magazine lasted for 12 of the first 13 years of its publication.
During that same period of time, Catherine became an Adjunct Assistant
Professor and taught accredited courses in screenwriting and advanced
video production at Loyola Marymount University and California State
University Dominguez Hills. She designed and taught the innovative
Entertain.ment - the first university-accredited course in writing and
producing live interactive broadcast for the Internet. In that course,
she supervised the first interactive student production with real-time
participants throughout the United States and Indonesia.
Through the Department of Mediated Instruction and Distance Learning at
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Catherine wrote, produced
and presented more than 225 hours of Live educational television that
was broadcast throughout the greater Los Angeles area on the
University-affiliated channel. She authored a primer for PBS Learning
Satellite Service to explain the distance learning process from the
course-creator's point of view. From that primer, she has been quoted
and referenced in at least two doctoral dissertations.
A firm believer in the importance of performing community service,
Catherine spent many years volunteering in the Los Angeles Unified
School District. She was appointed Commissioner of Special Education;
appointed to the State-mandated Community Advisory Committee on Special
Education; appointed to the Communications Committee of the Chanda
Smith Consent Decree; appointed to the Disabilities Awareness Month
Task Force. In 2000, she was nominated for the Los Angeles Business
Journal's "Women Who Make A Difference" Award.
Catherine attended the University of South Florida where she earned a
B.A. in Theatre/Film (completed at the age of 19). As the recipient of
a teaching fellowship, she earned an M.A. in Speech Communication
(completed at age 21). She pursued post-graduate studies in Film at
Columbia University and was accepted into the highly-coveted Director's
Guild Training Program.
Catherine blogs for The Huffington Post. She also writes articles about
digital media for Studio System News.
Catherine plans to spend the rest of her career creating high-quality
entertainment product that is family-friendly, Christian-friendly, and
suitable for the global market.