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The filmmaker

Cathy has worked as a producer, writer and director of documentaries, educational and information videos since 1988. This followed a 10-year career working as a director of theatre, particularly youth theatre. Her first documentary for television was HEROES OF OUR TIME (broadcast in 1991 on the ABC series "True Stories"). This first inside look at Greenpeace during one of its direct action campaigns was co-written and directed with Catherine Marciniak, produced by Film Australia and screened at the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals.

Cathy’s subsequent directing credits include TAPA TRADITION, WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD and THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER'S FACE. Cathy now also has a decade's experience as a cinematographer, shooting almost all the education and training videos she has directed for Hatchling Productions. She was also director/director of photography (DOP) on the documentary WALKING THROUGH A MINEFIELD for SBS and DOP on LOSING LAYLA for the ABC. Cathy also shot most of the personal interview material with her family and friends and much of the police investigation in THE MAN WHO STOLE MY MOTHER'S FACE.

Cathy is a founding member and Director of Northern Rivers Screenworks Ltd, and has served on the national board for the Australian International Documentary Conference. She was also the Chair of the Byron Bay Local Management Committee for AIDC 2003. Cathy recently completed a Master of Arts Degree at Queensland University of Technology researching the development of creative industries in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, and she has commenced a PhD.

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 Hatchling Productions filmography
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