CATHERINE LINSTRUM, HEAD OF STUDIES/SCRIPT TUTOR

Directing CreditsC.Linstrum

2013: Auto da Fé – short film co-written and directed with David-John Newman.

In Development: Greenland Time – feature film in development with Gillian Berrie, Sigma Films.

Perish – feature film in development with Sigma Films.  Presented at Fantasia Co-Production market Montreal 2012.

2012: Post Mortem – short film co-written and directed with David-John Newman.

2010: Nadger – short film.  Producer Gethin Scourfield.  Winner of BAFTA Cymru 2011. Xperiment – short film co-directed with David-John Newman.

2009: Heaven – A True Story – short film co-directed with David-John Newman.

2004: The Boy with Blue Eyes – short film.  Festivals include Athens International Film Festival and Foyle Seagate Festival.

2000: The Black Dog – short film.  Festivals include International Film Festival Wales, Krakow International Festival and Hamburg International Festival.

1998: Come on Alfie – short drama for BBC Wales.

1993-1998: Various documentaries for BBC Wales.

 

Writing Credits

2013: Auto da Fé – short film co-written and directed with David-John Newman.

In Development: Greenland Time – feature film in development with Gillian Berrie, Sigma Films.

                            Perish – feature film in development with Sigma Films.  Presented at Fantasia Co-Production market Montreal 2012.

2012: Post Mortem – short film co-written and directed with David-John Newman.

2010: Nadger – short film.  Producer Gethin Scourfield.  Nominated for Celtic Media and Aesthetica Short Film Prize.  Winner of BAFTA Cymru 2011.

Xperiment – short film co-written and directed with David-John Newman.

2009: Heaven – A True Story – short film co-written with David-John Newman.

2007: California Dreamin’ – feature film directed by Cristian Nemescu, produced by Andrei Boncea – co-written with Cristian Nemescu and Tudor Voican.  Winner of Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2007.

          The Counting House – feature film co-written with and directed by Dipteros for Karma Films.  Producers Corrado Riccio  & Dipteros .

2006:   Dodie Smith – Radio drama for Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4.

            Leopard Wound – short story published in Aesthetica Magazine Issue 13.

2004:   The Boy with Blue Eyes – short film.

2000:   The Black Dog – 30min film for festival circuit – also directed.

1999:   Dreaming of Joseph Lees – feature film directed by Eric Styles for Midsummer Films and 20th Century Fox.

1998:   Come on Alfie – 5min film for BBC Wales  – also directed.

1997:   Love in the House of the Lord – 30min drama for BBC Wales. Director Eric Styles.

1996:   From Marrakech – 15min story broadcast on BBC Radio 4 ‘Short Story.’

1994:   The Fish Wife – 15min story broadcast on Radio Wales.

1993:   Five Scenes at Down – theatre piece based on the last years of Darwin’s life.  Director Geoff Moore, Moving Being Theatre Company – subsequently broadcast  on BBC2.

1992:   The Changing Light – theatre piece based on the life and work of Berthe Morisot.  Director Geoff Moore.

           Theresa’s Father – 15min story broadcast on BBC Radio 4 ‘Short Story.’

Teaching and Mentoring

Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries (University of Glamorgan) – Undergraduate screenwriting, MA Scriptwriting

Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama – Acting for the Screen

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School – Acting for the Screen

Koestler Trust (London) – Arts Mentoring for Offenders

Skillset  – Mentoring for Screenwriters

 

Qualifications and Training

Sources II – Mentoring the Mentors

Neuro-Linguistic Programming – Practitioner Training

PhD University of London – Romance Literature (Title of thesis ‘The Formulation of the Feminine in the Work of Paul Eluard)

BA(Hons) University College London – French Language and Literature