Kathryn Gould is a writer and actor with a number of local and national credits. She has studied screenwriting and playwriting for over 10 years, and her short works have won awards and been featured in several festivals. She now works with the Rumblepack Creative Group, and is represented by Kinetic Media in LA. Her award-winning short film "Web of Lies" can be found here and her acting reel here. Kathryn is also the proud founding president of Women in Film and Media Colorado, an organization dedicated to encouraging, empowering and connecting women who work in film, TV, gaming and new media. Though Denver-based, she is willing and able to travel around the world on short notice.

2021-08-12 Latest News

                        Pitch Face On!

Been pitching like mad since mid-June on a feature-length animated project. We've had meetings with execs at Sony, Paramount, MGM, Dreamworks, Warner, Bron Studios, Netflix and (very soon) Apple. This is, of course, a dream come true for me to be getting into meetings at this level, and since the most common question I hear from new writers is "how do I sell my scripts/ get representation?" I thought people might be interested in hearing the story of how this all came about and the lessons I've learned along the way...

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2021-07-15 Latest News

While this year has been a challenging one, it has also been very fruitful for me creatively. In the fall of 2019, my manager, Tarik Heitmann, introduced me to another client of his, animator Alex Orrelle, who had a fun idea for an animated feature he wanted me to write. Alex has worked at Pixar and Warner Bros., and his credits include films such as The Incredibles, Space Jam 2, and Klaus. We spent over a year developing his idea and writing the screenplay, and then developing a pitch, complete with Alex's incredible concept art. Alex's agents at Verve Talent have given us the go-ahead, and so they and Tarik are setting up meetings with studios, streamers, talent and producers.

If you've never worked in animation, you might be surprised to find out that the process is a bit different from the typical live-action production. In live action, a writer typically writes and rewrites the script for as long as it takes to get someone to agree to make it, then the script goes to a director, who will make their own changes, then sometimes to talent if they are big stars, who may ask for more rewrites, and depending on the project, the script may go through several more polishes even as production begins. With feature animation, the process can involve even more changes. The film is often made with

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This is the space for shoutouts to my creative friends and colleagues across the globe. If you'd like to be featured here, please let me know, and send me links to your amazing projects, interviews, books, etc. 

2021-08-16 Cool Stuff

I know so many people doing so many cool, creative things! First off, my writing partner Alex Orrelle had a film come out recently. Just a little thing called Space Jam 2: A New Legacy, starring Lebron James. Maybe you've heard of it? From a little studio called Warner Bros. or something like that. He had just a tiny bit to do with it... being HEAD OF STORY on the animated portion. Seriously though, congratulations, Alex!

A few weeks ago, I heard that my beautiful friend Laurel Harris was one of the co-authors of Break Free to Peace, Love and Unity, now available on Amazon. Laurel is an accomplished actor and voice over artist, and has worked with names like Willem Dafoe ("Odd Thomas") and Jane Seymour ("Sage Paints the Sky"). Congratulations to Laurel!

Lots of my theatre friends have gotten really creative over the last year with zoom performances, outdoor and socially distanced theatre, and online content galore. Check out the web series that my lovely friend Laurie Clemens Maier helped make with her colleagues at the Hudson Reed Ensemble Theatre in Basalt, CO - Confluence.

Have fun exploring these cool projects from some very cool people!

Mom Corner Jul 25

As the wife of an airline pilot, there are two things I've learned to do pretty well: pack lightly and travel with kids. Here are my tips for both:

Packing lightly:

1. Pack in rolls. Lay your clothes out starting with the largest items, like pants and dresses, and work your way to the smaller items like t-shirts and shorts. Spread them out full length, and fold over to make them as narrow as you need them for your bag. I like to make everything about the width of a pair of nice pants laid on their side, or around 8-10 inches. As the items get smaller, stagger them all the way down the length of your largest garment. You don't want everything stacked up at the beginning of the roll. Keep the thickness even. Keep in mind that the things on the outside of the roll will get less wrinkled than the things on the inside, so start with your nicer clothes and work your way to the more casual clothes. Next, take your small items, like socks and underwear, and smash them all together, then places them at the top of your roll. Then you just grab the clothes underneath and start rolling. Press down hard and do this on a hard surface to get the most compression. It might take some experimenting to see how many clothes to put in each roll in order to fit them in your bag efficiently. This works great, and you will be amazed at how many clothes you can fit into a small space. If you're going on the kind of trip where you'll only be spending a few days in each location, roll a few days worth of clothes together in several small rolls, as you have to take the entire roll out and unroll it in order to get at anything. FYI - the rolling videos I found on the internet roll each piece of clothing individually, which will end up with a lot more wrinkles and take up a lot more space. Don't do it that way. Watch MY VIDEO instead.

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