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Award-winning screenwriter Kathryn Machi, MFA, writes upbeat feminist and culturally diverse stories for international audiences ages 10 to 110. Her projects have been developed and optioned via The Black List; IllumiNative; Sundance Co//ab; the Cherokee Nation Film Office; the Community of Screenwriters at Squaw Valley; the California Film Institute; Mar Vista Entertainment, and Nuit Blanche Productions in Montreal.
An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and a dual U.S./French citizen, Kathryn is also a master holistic arts practitioner/instructor and erstwhile modern dancer. She and her chef husband have two grown children and live on the foggy western edge of San Francisco.
Contact: Manager, Brian Judy, Bohemia Group. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PROJECTS:
JUNE ROSE: An American Odyssey, is set in 1969 San Francisco and the Cherokee Nation. Based on true events and inspired by Kathryn's Cherokee heritage, the TV pilot is currently a Quarterfinalist in the NY Film Academy's Final Draft Big Break screenwriting competition. JUNE ROSE was a Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinalist and is a fiscally sponsored project with Filmmakers Collaborative San Francisco, whose mission is "to support compelling films and campaigns that engage audiences and create tangible public benefit."
FIREBIRD, an exuberant YA dance drama and neo-western set in Oklahoma and the South of France, is currently under consideration for the "Indigenous List" hosted by Sundance, IllumiNative, and the Black List. The script was a Finalist in The Script Lab's 2020 competition, placing in the top 25 in over 13,000 submissions, and a Finalist in the new, prestigious Lonely Seal contest.FIREBIRD won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2019 Tulsa American Film Festival. and was a Quarterfinalist in Austin Film and Screencraft family drama competitions.
BUZZ, a post-modern feminist dance thriller, is set in contemporary San Francisco and stars Earth's superheroes: Bees! BUZZ was optioned by Mar Vista Entertainment in 2019 and is currently in revision as a TV series set in SF's gritty early '80s underground art scene.
ViviLu Productions also offers script and story consulting, editing, and proofreading services. Please direct inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./415.250.5596.
ViviLu's logo,"Nirvana," is generously donated by San Francisco artist Pam Borelli. http://sfwomenartists.org/artist/pam-borrelli/
About
Award-winning screenwriter Kathryn Machi, MFA, writes upbeat feminist and culturally diverse stories for international audiences ages 10 to 110. Her projects have been developed and optioned developed and optioned via The Black List; IllumiNative; Sundance Co//ab; the Cherokee Nation Film Office; the Community of Screenwriters at Squaw Valley; the California Film Institute; Mar Vista Entertainment, and Nuit Blanche Productions in Montreal.
An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and a dual U.S./French citizen, Kathryn is also a master holistic arts practitioner/instructor and erstwhile modern dancer. She and her chef husband have two grown children and live on the foggy western edge of San Francisco.
Contact: Manager, Brian Judy, Bohemia Group. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PROJECTS:
JUNE ROSE: An American Odyssey, is set in 1969 San Francisco and the Cherokee Nation. Based on true events and inspired by Kathryn's Cherokee heritage, the TV pilot is currently a Quarterfinalist in the NY Film Academy's Final Draft Big Break screenwriting competition. JUNE ROSE was a Screencraft Fellowship quarterfinalist and is a fiscally sponsored project with Filmmakers Collaborative San Francisco, whose mission is "to support compelling films and campaigns that engage audiences and create tangible public benefit."
FIREBIRD, an exuberant YA dance drama and neo-western set in Oklahoma and the South of France, is currently under consideration for the "Indigenous List" hosted by Sundance, IllumiNative, and the Black List. The script was a Finalist in The Script Lab's 2020 competition, placing in the top 25 in over 13,000 submissions, and a Finalist in the new, prestigious Lonely Seal contest. FIREBIRD won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2019 Tulsa American Film Festival. and was a Quarterfinalist in Austin Film and Screencraft family drama competitions.
BUZZ, a post-modern, feminist dance thriller, is set in contemporary San Francisco and stars Earth's superheroes: Bees! BUZZ was optioned by Mar Vista Entertainment in 2019 and is currently in revision as a TV series set in SF's gritty early '80s underground art scene.
ViviLu also offers script and story consulting, editing, and proofreading services. Please direct inquiries to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./415.250.5596.
ViviLu's logo"Nirvana," is generously donated by San Francisco artist Pam Borelli. http://sfwomenartists.org/artist/pam-borrelli/
