Kate McCallum has worked in film
and television for over twenty-five years. After graduating
with a B.S. degree in Communications and Music from Western
Michigan University, she began her career in the business as
a Page at ABC where she worked on such shows as MORK AND MINDY,
TAXI, GENERAL HOSPITAL, THE ACADEMY AWARDS, THE EMMY AWARDS
and THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS. She spent five years gaining
experience in production while freelancing on several music
videos, independent films and a variety of TV projects as Script
Supervisor, AD, Sound and Production Coordinator. Kate landed
a job with the Executive Producers of the primetime comedy GIMME
A BREAK then started working at Universal Studios with various
Executive Producer/Writers on hour long dramatic series; THE
EQUALIZER, CRIME STORY, MIAMI VICE, THE HUMAN FACTOR, and half
hour sit-coms; CHARLES IN CHARGE and TOGETHER WE STAND gaining
extensive experience in the process of comedy and dramatic primetime
series production.
In ’92 Kate began a long-term affiliation with WESTERN
SANDBLAST at Paramount Television where she first worked as
a Development Assistant to primaries/writers Dan Pyne (MANCHURIAN
CANDIDATE ‘2004, SUM OF ALL FEARS, ANY GIVEN SUNDAY, DOC
HOLLYWOOD, PACIFIC HEIGHTS, MIAMI VICE, etc.), John Mankiewicz
(THE DIVISION, THIEVES, THE MARSHAL, MIAMI VICE, etc.) and director/producer,
Aaron Lipstadt (THE DIVISION, THE MARSHAL, MIAMI VICE, ANDROID,
etc.). At Western, Kate was involved in the production of the
ABC dramatic series THE MARSHAL and several hour long primetime
network pilots. In ’96 Kate’s first made-for-television
movie, WHAT KIND OF MOTHER ARE YOU? aired on NBC, which she
optioned as a life rights story and produced with Alexander/Enright
and Associates (credited as Producer, Kate Rubin). Promoted
to V.P., Creative Affairs/Producer at Western, Kate created
their long-form division and went on to set up movies at Showtime
(THE BIG LIE and SECRET SOCIETY in co-production with Diane
Keaton) and UPN (MARS-TV), in addition to optioning a one hour
series to Paramount which she co-created (GODDESSES). Most recently,
she was producing THE EMMETT TILL story with Showtime in association
with Tom Lynch Co. and Diane Keaton’s company, Blue Relief
with the late Gregory Hines attached as director.
Presently, Kate is working with Writer/Producer/Showrunner,
Michael Chernuchin in development at Universal Television. Prior
to that she worked for with him on the NBC television series
LAW & ORDER as his development and research assistant. As
an independent producer/writer, under her newly formed company,
BRIDGE ARTS MEDIA, Kate has several other book, series, long-form
and feature projects in development or under consideration at
various production entities. She has worked as a freelance writer
and media and script consultant to various individuals and for
companies such as Imaginosis; a transmedia, world properties
development and management company which specializes in packaging
and developing book-based media with such artists as Brian and
Wendy Froud (DARK CRYSTAL, LABYRINTH), Terryl Whitlach (concept
artist for PHANTOM MENACE) and other authors/screenwriters primarily
in the fantasy/sci-fi/and family film genres.
Kate has been a guest speaker and panelist at several screenwriting
conferences and has presented a workshop called NAVIGATING TELEVISION:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WRITERS ON THE SMALL SCREEN at the SANTE FE
WRITERS CONFERENCE in 2002 and 2003 as well at the 2004 GREAT
AMERICAN PITCH FEST. She was a panelist and participant at the
CONSCIOUSNESS & MEDIA CONFERENCE, sponsored by The Noetics
Institute in Santa Barbara, May 2004. Recently, she presented
a two-hour workshop for The SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WRITERS' CONFERENCE:
LA called CREATING CROSS MEDIA CONTENT. She serves
on the advisory board of House of the Children www.houseofthechildren.org
, a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding indigenous communities
in the Peruvian rainforest, is a "Friend" of (it)
magazine www.itmagazine.net,
a philanthropic internet organization dedicated to the dissemination
of cause content and is a member of the Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences' Television Executive peer group. She also
is a member of The Noetics Institute and The World Future Society.
As a journalist, Kate created and now writes a bi-monthly column
for scr(i)pt magazine called
“THE GREAT IDEA,” which features interviews with
screenwriters and television writer/creators exploring the creative
process and sale strategy of an idea/story from concept to screen.
Additionally, Kate has spent the last twenty-five years studying
human development/ transformation and psychology, metaphysics,
meditation, and consciousness, and has completed an M.A. in
Consciousness Studies with emphasis on the creative process,
from the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles,
CA, April 2004 www.prs.org.
In an effort to more fully research and explore the nature and
science of creativity, imagination and human potential Kate
founded THE CENTER FOR CONSCIOUS CREATIVITY www.consciouscreativity.com
and is writing a book called “LIFE ON THE DRAWING BOARD:
The Art and Science of Conscious Creativity.”
You can learn more about Kate's work on
The Internet Movie
Data Base Site.
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