Catherine Cryan – Emmy-nominated director – passes away at 59 years of age after battling cancer
The filmmaking world is in mourning with news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan passing away.
The writer and director passed on December 24 at 59 years of age, after a battle with cancer, according to Variety.
She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia after a career that spanned three decades.
R.I.P.: The filmmaking world is in mourning with news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan passing away
Cryan was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985.
She then spent the next two years working for the Royal Shakespeare Company in London.
After returning to the United States, she started working as an executive assistant for prolific filmmaker Roger Corman.
Early years: Cryan was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985
She started 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 1991’s Dead Space starring Bryan Cranston and Uncaged starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan for Roger Corman’s company, along with 1993’s Fire on the Amazon starring Sandra Bullock, a year before her breakthrough hit Speed.
Cryan also started 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 started 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 started working with Fox Family Television Studios, writing and directing 1995’s Dangerous Waters and 1999’s Hostile Intensions.
She then started 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 2012’s Werewolf: The Beast Among Us and 2016’s Honey 3: Dare to Dance.
After: After working with Corman, she started working with Fox Family Television Studios, writing and directing 1995’s Dangerous Waters and 1999’s Hostile Intensions
Her other directorial efforts are 1999’s True Heart, 2006’s The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008’s The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010’s The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019’s 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, which debuted in November 2015 by White Steed Press.
Her screenplay The Last Story received the Canadian International Film Festival Award for excellence in writing.
Director: Her other directorial efforts are 1999’s True Heart, 2006’s The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008’s The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010’s The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019’s Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Our Italian Christmas Memories, which debuted on Hallmark in November