Independent Writers' Caucus
Kathryn Orwig
Agent: Caroline Rabin, The Kaplan Stahler Agency
Kathryn Orwig is a neurodiverse, award-winning screenwriter from Northern Michigan who crafts action-adventure dramas about characters pushed to their limits to protect those they most love. A PAGE Award Winner, Roadmap GPS Fellowship Winner, and Nicholl’s Next 100 honoree, she has earned top placements in Roadmap’s Diversity Initiative, Roadmap’s Shorts Grand Prize, and more.
A University of Michigan grad (Go Blue!), she is mentored by Pixar screenwriter Jonathon E. Stewart through Narrative Drive. Named a Top 25 Writer to Watch (ISA) and a Top 10 Emerging Writer (Golden Script), Kathryn draws on her tight-knit, small-town upbringing to explore resilience and survival in her stories.
Honors & Awards
Silver Award Winner, Page Awards - PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET - 2025
Winner, Roadmap GPS Fellowship - PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET - 2024
Nicholl's Next 100, Nicholl Fellowship - NOT MY BROTHER - 2021
non-WGA
Female
PIRATE QUEEN OF THE RED FLAG FLEET
Feature | Action Adventure
FURIOSA x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Inspired by the true story of the ruthless Pirate Queen Ching Shih who leads 40,000 pirates into a brutal clash with the Portuguese Navy and the Chinese Empire. She risks everything to save her loyal crew or they’ll succumb to a watery grave.
THE SWEETEST FARM
Feature | Rom-Com
It’s the Midwestern Polish version of You’ve Got Mail where Polish is Christmas.
When a small-town country woman’s cherry farm is threatened by a big city developer, they embark on a nature against progress struggle that’ll either rip the town apart by its roots or bring the community—and themselves—together.
NOT MY BROTHER
Feature | Action Adventure |
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN x 1917…but in the Civil War.
Inspired by my great-great-great-grandfather and his younger brother’s experiences.
A pragmatic Union soldier toughs out his injuries and embarks on an impossible rescue mission to free his reckless brother from a heavily-guarded Confederate POW camp.
Character-driven, Female-centric, Romantic, Fantasy, Historical/Alternative History, Coming-of-Age, International
Female
unrepped