Independent Writers' Caucus
Kathryn Machi
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Bay Area native Kathryn Machi writes intercultural, historical, female-centric, and multi-generational screenplays and stories, often through the lens of art, myth, and spirit.
While balancing parenthood, a cancer diagnosis, and a thriving holistic practice, she earned a BA in Journalism/English Lit and an MFA in creative writing. An erstwhile modern dancer and performer, her passion for visual writing next led to intensive studies with Sundance Co//ab, The Community of Writers, The Black List, and the California Film Institute.
Dance and family feature FIREBIRD (optioned by Fifth Season 2021-23) and TV series CLAN (aka JUNE ROSE) are each on the Indigenous List, representing "the best and most promising Native creatives in the film and television industry."
Other ViviLu projects include an MMIWG thriller set in the Cherokee Nation, OK, and an adaptation of Sophy Burnham's NY Times bestseller, A Book of Angels, the true story that ignited international angel consciousness in the 1990s, "an elegant report from the place where earth and heaven meet."
Mama of two multicultural, bicoastal adult children, Kathryn lives with her husband on the foggy edge of Yelamu, also known as San Francisco.
Honors & Awards
THE WRITERS LAB - Semifinalist - Firebird, Feature, 2026
THE INDIGENOUS LIST - June Rose - 2022
THE INDIGENOUS LIST - Firebird - 2020
FIREBIRD
Feature - Dance/Family/Drama
A gifted teenage Cherokee ballerina wins a once-in-a-lifetime chance to dance her dream ballet in the Camargue, South of France, but her rowdy cowboy father insists on chaperoning her with his own agenda—to find her mother and bring her back to Oklahoma.
CLAN
TV Miniseries - Historical family drama
A 1960s San Francisco housewife accidentally learns of Cherokee heritage and goes on a passionate journey to discover her father's checkered past, exploding her marriage and almost her sanity as she forges a new path for herself—and peace with her ancestors.
L'AMOUR LA DANSE LA VIE
Feature - Romantic drama.
After surviving a near-fatal accident, a young photographer trades the foggy streets of San Francisco for the rock'n'roll nightclubs of Paris, where she falls for a charismatic deejay and his reckless best friend.