Independent Writers' Caucus
Kathryn Machi
Brian Judy, Bohemia Group
brian@bohemiaent.com - 1.323.462.5800
Kathryn Machi earned her MFA in creative writing while raising two multicultural children, dealing with cancer, caring for family elders, and working part-time to help pay the rent -- in other words, as do most women, multitasking on many levels. Her writing focuses on intercultural, historical, and multi-generational stories, often with an arts or spiritual bent.
Firebird, a dance and family drama set in the Cherokee Nation and the South of France, and TV drama, Clan (aka June Rose), set in 1960s San Francisco and Oklahoma, are both on the Indigenous List, representing "the best and most promising Native creatives in the film and television industry."
An erstwhile dancer and holistic practitioner, Kathryn is a Bay Area native, dual U.S.-French citizen, and proud, enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She lives with her husband on the foggy edge of Yelamu, also known as San Francisco.
Honors & Awards
Finalist, The Indigenous List, Sundance, IllumiNative, the Black List - JUNE ROSE - 2022
Finalist, The Indigenous List, Sundance, IllumiNative, the Black List - FIREBIRD - 2020
FIREBIRD
Dance and Family Drama
Ruby, a gifted teenage Cherokee ballerina, wins a once-in-a-lifetime chance to dance her dream ballet in the South of France, but her rowdy cowboy father insists on chaperoning her, with his own agenda -- to find Ruby's mother and bring her home to Oklahoma.
LA DANSE L'AMOUR LA VIE
Romantic period drama
After surviving a near-fatal accident, a young photographer trades the foggy streets of San Francisco for the rock'n'roll dance clubs of Paris, where she falls for a charismatic DJ and his reckless best friend.
GOD-STRUCK
Drama, spirituality Feature
EAT, PRAY, LOVE meets THE THREE GLORIAS.
Feature film inspired by the true story and New York Times bestseller, A Book of Angels, by Sophy Burnham, with permission by the author.
An agnostic, feminist, NY Times bestselling writer loses her family, friends, and almost her mind after she's saved by an angel.