Catherine Cryan – Emmy-nominated director – has died aged 59 after battling cancer
The filmmaking world is saddened by the news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan has passed away.
The writer-director died on December 24 at the age of 59 after a battle with cancer, according to Variety.
She died in Vancouver, British Columbia, after a career that spanned three decades.
RIP: The filmmaking world is saddened by the news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan has passed away
Born in Brooklyn, Cryan attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985.
She then worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company in London for the next two years.
Upon her return to the United States, she began working as an executive assistant for the successful filmmaker Roger Corman.
Early Years: Born in Brooklyn, Cryan attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985
She began her writing career with a trio of films released in 1990 – A Cry in the Wild, Slumber Party Massacre III and Bloodfist III.
She wrote Dead Space with Bryan Cranston and Uncaged with Jeffrey Dean Morgan for Roger Corman’s company in 1991 and Fire on the Amazon with Sandra Bullock in 1993, a year before her breakthrough with Speed.
Cryan also began her directing career in 1993 with White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, which earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Special.
Writing: She began her writing career with a trio of films released in 1990 – A Cry in the Wild, Slumber Party Massacre III and Bloodfist III
After working with Corman, she began working with Fox Family Television Studios, where she wrote and directed Dangerous Waters in 1995 and Hostile Intensions in 1999.
She then began working for ABC Family, directing a number of Christmas films including Christmas Do Over, Homecoming for the Holidays, Christmas Duet and Cross Country Christmas.
Cryan also co-wrote Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012) and Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016).
After: After working with Corman, she began working with Fox Family Television Studios, where she wrote and directed Dangerous Waters in 1995 and Hostile Intensions in 1999
Her other directing credits are 1999 True Heart, 2006 The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008 The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010 The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019 Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Our Italian Christmas Memories, which debuted on Hallmark in November.
She also published the novel The Island of the Last Great Auk, published by White Steed Press in November 2015.
Her screenplay The Last Story won the Canadian International Film Festival Award for Outstanding Writing.
Directing: Her other directing credits are 1999 True Heart, 2006 The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008 The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010 The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019 Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Our Italian Christmas Memories, which debuted on Hallmark in November