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Award-winning screenwriter and San Francisco native Kathryn Machi, MFA, writes upbeat, feminist, and culturally diverse stories for international audiences ages 10 to 110. Her feature screenplays and TV series have been developed and optioned through Sundance Co//ab; the Community of Screenwriters at Squaw Valley; the California Film Institute; Mar Vista Entertainment in Los Angeles, and Nuit Blanche Productions in Montreal.
A master holistic arts practitioner, nurturing touch instructor, and erstwhile modern and Carnaval dancer, Kathryn’s stories are grounded in the arts, spirit, food, family, community, and social justice. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and a dual U.S./French citizen, Kathryn has two grown children and lives with her chef husband on the foggy western edge of the City.
PROJECTS:
JUNE ROSE, a limited TV series, is a family/period drama set in a late 1960s San Francisco bursting with protesters, police, and Flower Power. Based on true events and inspired by Kathryn's Cherokee heritage, JUNE ROSE is endorsed by the Cherokee Nation 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, a contemporary family/dance drama, is an exuberant “feel good” story set in Oklahoma and the South of France. The script was a Finalist in The Script Lab's 2020 competition, placing in the top 0.02 per cent out of over 13,000 submissions. It won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2019 Tulsa American Film Festival, and was a Quarterfinalist in Austin Film and Screencraft family drama competitions. FIREBIRD is officially endorsed by the Cherokee Nation as being culturally, historically, and poetically correct.
Feature screenplay BUZZ, a post-modern feminist dance thriller, is set in contemporary San Francisco and stars Earth's superheroes: Bees! Inspired by Kathryn's unpublished coming-of-age novella, "The Dangergirls (And Other Love Stories)," BUZZ was optioned by Mar Vista Entertainment in 2019. As of Fall 2020, the story is in revision as a TV series set in the early '80s.
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 and San Francisco native Kathryn Machi, MFA, writes upbeat, feminist, and culturally diverse stories for international audiences ages 10 to 110. Her feature screenplays and TV series have been developed and optioned through Sundance Co//ab; the Community of Screenwriters at Squaw Valley; the California Film Institute; Mar Vista Entertainment in Los Angeles, and Nuit Blanche Productions in Montreal.
A master holistic arts practitioner, nurturing touch instructor, and erstwhile modern and Carnaval dancer, Kathryn’s stories are grounded in the arts, spirit, food, family, community, and social justice. An enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation and a dual U.S./French citizen, Kathryn has two grown children and lives with her chef husband on the foggy western edge of the City.
PROJECTS:
JUNE ROSE, a limited TV series, is a family/period drama set in a late 1960s San Francisco bursting with protesters, police, and Flower Power. Based on true events and inspired by Kathryn's Cherokee heritage, JUNE ROSE is endorsed by the Cherokee Nation 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, a contemporary family/dance drama, is an exuberant “feel good” story set in Oklahoma and the South of France. The script was a Finalist in The Script Lab's 2020 competition, placing in the top 0.02 per cent out of over 13,000 submissions. It won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2019 Tulsa American Film Festival, and was a Quarterfinalist in Austin Film and Screencraft family drama competitions. FIREBIRD is officially endorsed by the Cherokee Nation as being culturally, historically, and poetically correct.
Feature screenplay BUZZ, a post-modern, feminist dance thriller, is set in contemporary San Francisco and stars Earth's superheroes: Bees! Inspired by Kathryn's unpublished novella, "The Dangergirls and Other Love Stories," BUZZ was optioned by Mar Vista Entertainment in 2019 and is currently in revision as a TV series.
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/
