Caitlin McCarthy

Background

About Caitlin McCarthy

As an American, Caitlin McCarthy is a member of the Métis Nation of Canada and Métis Federation of Canada; and she holds a Certificate of Aboriginal Status card through the Ontario Métis Family Records Center (OMFRC). An award-winning screenwriter at international film festivals and labs, Caitlin’s scripts include: Wonder Drug, now in pre-production with Lori Singer as director, Caitlin McCarthy & Lori Singer as co-writers, Stephen Nemeth/Rhino Films & Caitlin McCarthy as producers, and Vanessa Hope as Executive Producer; A Native Land, promoted as a “highly-rated script” by The Black List website, selected for a Mass Cultural Council Dramatic Writing Fellowship, and among the Academy Nicholl Top 10%; and Resistance, promoted as a “highly-rated script” by The Black List website and a participant in the Midterm Pitch for the CannesFilms Unlimited’s Writers Residency in Cannes, France (partners include Canal+, Vivendi, The Black List, Festival de Cannes, Université Côte d'Azur, and the City of Cannes). Caitlin is partnering on writing/creating the TV series Gaels with Lynsey Murdoch (BBC Scottish Voices 2020), developed with financial assistance from the Scottish Government and the National Lottery through Creative Scotland and produced by Pirate Productions. Caitlin is also writing/creating the TV series Free Skate, named “One To Watch” on WeForShe’s WriteHer List. Caitlin wrote the screenplay adaptation of Rory Samantha Green’s rom-com novel Playing Along. She also won the open writing assignment for a supernatural mystery inspired by real events. Her unique pitch paved the way for her to pen the original screenplay. Caitlin’s screenplays have won admittance into prestigious programs including the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab, where Wonder Drug was selected as an Alfred P. Foundation script and chosen for a live staged reading of select scenes starring Steve Guttenberg at the Hamptons International Film Festival; The Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly IFP)’s Owning It Accountability Sprint Program; the Women in Screen Workshop, led by the Australian International Screen Forum in New York; the MTV/WIF TV & Media Outreach Program; and the Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriters Lab. In addition to screenwriting, Caitlin serves as an educator at a high-poverty urban public high school. Caitlin is represented by Barry Krost of Barry Krost Management.