Catherine Pirotta
Encyclopedia
Catherine Pirotta is a Peruvian director
, producer
and screenwriter
.
, Peru
. She traveled to the United States to attend the film program at Los Angeles City College
and UCLA. Her writing
and directing
was recognized by Women In Film and she received a WIF mentor scholarship
.
, directing
and excellence in filmmaking including acknowledgment from the ABC Network, Women In Film and Tribeca. Her 2002 project Nobody's Fault was selected for the top honor at The Peruvian Film Festival in her native Lima.
In 2003, her screenplay Adopting Change
gained her a "Recognition of Creative Excellence" from the ABC
Network and gained critical acclaim in festivals around the world, including Edward James Olmos' 2004 LALIFF Film Festival
.
She then wrote and directed the drama
5 Minutes starring Roark Critchlow
; the film was selected (among other festivals) as part of the official competition at the 2005 HBO New York
Latino
International Film Festival. Pirotta recently directed the feature film Dreamkiller a psychological thriller starring John Savage
.
Initially optioned by Disney,
it is currently in development with
Delaware Pictures with Pirotta attached to direct. She is represented by Barry Hirsch whose clients include Clive Owen
, Winona Ryder
and Michelle Pfeiffer
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
Early life
Catherine Pirotta was born in LimaLima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. She traveled to the United States to attend the film program at Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the East Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard...
and UCLA. Her writing
Writing
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
and directing
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
was recognized by Women In Film and she received a WIF mentor scholarship
Scholarship
A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award.-Types:...
.
Recognition
Pirotta has received several awards for her writingWriting
Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols . It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.Writing most likely...
, directing
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and excellence in filmmaking including acknowledgment from the ABC Network, Women In Film and Tribeca. Her 2002 project Nobody's Fault was selected for the top honor at The Peruvian Film Festival in her native Lima.
In 2003, her screenplay Adopting Change
gained her a "Recognition of Creative Excellence" from the ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Network and gained critical acclaim in festivals around the world, including Edward James Olmos' 2004 LALIFF Film Festival
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
.
She then wrote and directed the drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
5 Minutes starring Roark Critchlow
Roark Critchlow
Roark Grant Critchlow is a Canadian actor, best known for appearing on the daytime US soap opera Days of our Lives from 1994 to 1999 as Dr. Mike Horton. He also had a recurring role on the soap Passions. More recently he was in the TV movie The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story as well as...
; the film was selected (among other festivals) as part of the official competition at the 2005 HBO New York
New York
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Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
International Film Festival. Pirotta recently directed the feature film Dreamkiller a psychological thriller starring John Savage
John Savage
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.
Upcoming Projects
Pirotta will partner with Producer Dario Deak to adapt Fred Rochlin’s memoir, Old Man in a Baseball Cap into a feature film under the working title The Silent War.Initially optioned by Disney,
it is currently in development with
Delaware Pictures with Pirotta attached to direct. She is represented by Barry Hirsch whose clients include Clive Owen
Clive Owen
Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...
, Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder
Winona Ryder is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1986 film Lucas. Ryder's first significant role came in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice as a goth teenager, which won her critical and commercial recognition...
and Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
.