Catherine Smyth-McMullen is an award-winning screenwriter, with a focus on genre.
She has won the John Hinde Award for Science Fiction from the Australian Writers’ Guild, the Sir Peter Ustinov Award for Television Writing from the International Emmys, been nominated for two AWGIE awards, and has featured on the Black List, Hit List and Blood List for her original scripts.
Her feature THE OTHER LAMB premiered at TIFF as a Special Presentation, garnering rave reviews, and subsequently screening in competition at BFI London, San Sebastian, and acclaimed genre-festival Fantastic Fest.
Catherine works as a writer, showrunner, and script editor in Australian and U.S. writers’ rooms. She has sold and set-up pilots with Netflix, NBC, Warner Bros., AMC, and eOne, and written for shows including The Sandman (Netflix), Two Sentence Horror Stories (The CW), and Bloom (Stan).
REVIEWS OF CATHERINE’S WORK
“A fierce and striking depiction of resiliency… a screenplay that possesses a poignant relevancy which has reverberated throughout history.”
“A brilliant adaptation of two of the comic’s most famous stand-alone stories.”
“A keen talent for streamlining stories to better suit TV... however, it’s the latter story, “Calliope,” that really benefits from her taking creative license.”
“This Sandman story transforms from merely a sexist savior’s tale into a story of violation on a massive scale.... Smyth-McMullen reshapes Calliope into a goddess who was trapped but not resigned to her exploitation.”
“A visionary tale… that hits the sweet spot between The Handmaid’s Tale and cult horror.”
“The Other Lamb is an intriguing mood piece, strikingly made and well‑performed. It’s a slow burn… and McMullen’s spare script does a nifty job.”
“An unnervingly effective thriller dripping with atmosphere and foreshadowing.”
“The Other Lamb … is eerie and starkly beautiful.”
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