Catherine Paura
- Producer
Catherine Paura is chairman and CEO of Capstone Global Marketing and
Research, Inc. She oversees worldwide market research and consulting
for a wide range of products with a special emphasis on movies,
entertainment and leisure time. She was co-founder and chairman of NRG
(National Research Group), the market planning and research firm which
serviced all the studios and major producers in Hollywood for 25 years
until 2003, when she and partner Joseph Farrell sold the company and
started Farrell Paura Productions. Prior to that, she was a manager at
the Harris Poll. She
is a graduate of Brooklyn College. She is a guest lecturer in film marketing at USC and
UCLA and an adjunct professor at Mt. St. Mary's College.