Cat is proudly from the Isle of Mull and now based in Glasgow, where she works across theatre and film. With a background in writing, directing, performing and self-producing, she created solo cabaret as Cat Loud, and has written and directed plays for Scottish theatre companies Vanishing Point and A Play, A Pie and A Pint. 
In film, she's been a Short Circuit Convergence screenwriter, a Glasgow Film Festival New Talent mentee, represented Scotland at the CineSud Director's Village filmmakers residency in the Netherlands, and was commissioned to make her first short film Little Lark through GMAC Film's Little Pictures scheme in 2021. She was one of the inaugural participants of the Sean Connery Talent Lab with NFTS, directing Gaelic-English bilingual short Lady MacLean which was nominated for The List’s Festival Award for Best Scottish Film in 2025. She also developed a TV pilot treatment through Pirate Productions' writers cohort 2025/26.

Catriona MacLeod

Cat is proudly from the Isle of Mull and now based in Glasgow, where she works across theatre and film. With a background in writing, directing, performing and self-producing, she created solo cabaret as Cat Loud, and has written and directed plays for Scottish theatre companies Vanishing Point and A Play, A Pie and A Pint. 
In film, she's been a Short Circuit Convergence screenwriter, a Glasgow Film Festival New Talent mentee, represented Scotland at the CineSud Director's Village filmmakers residency in the Netherlands, and was commissioned to make her first short film Little Lark through GMAC Film's Little Pictures scheme in 2021. She was one of the inaugural participants of the Sean Connery Talent Lab with NFTS, directing Gaelic-English bilingual short Lady MacLean which was nominated for The List’s Festival Award for Best Scottish Film in 2025. She also developed a TV pilot treatment through Pirate Productions' writers cohort 2025/26.

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Cat is proudly from the Isle of Mull and now based in Glasgow, where she works across theatre and film. With a background in writing, directing, performing and self-producing, she created solo cabaret as Cat Loud, and has written and directed plays for Scottish theatre companies Vanishing Point and A Play, A Pie and A Pint.

In film, she’s been a Short Circuit Convergence screenwriter, a Glasgow Film Festival New Talent mentee, represented Scotland at the CineSud Director’s Village filmmakers residency in the Netherlands, and was commissioned to make her first short film Little Lark through GMAC Film’s Little Pictures scheme in 2021. She was one of the inaugural participants of the Sean Connery Talent Lab with NFTS, directing Gaelic-English bilingual short Lady MacLean which was nominated for The List’s Festival Award for Best Scottish Film in 2025. She also developed a TV pilot treatment through Pirate Productions’ writers cohort 2025/26.

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Experience Level

Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Writer, Director & Producer
January 1, 2018 - Present
Producing + Artist Development core skills; developing arts, film and theatre projects; coordinating multi-stakeholder creative work; board member at An Tobar & Mull Theatre.
Co-producer at Neuk Collective
January 1, 2013 - Present
Contract work including travel orders, scheduling, call sheets, booked accommodation and transport; wrote and managed child protection policy liaison.
Deputy Front of House Supervisor at An Tobar & Mull Theatre
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Ticketing and staffing support, customer service, timekeeping, safeguarding and evacuation procedures.
Front of House Usher at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
January 1, 2023 - Present
Event logistics, interdepartmental liaison, customer service, timekeeping and stage management; safeguarding and evacuation procedures.

Education

MA English (2:1) at University of Glasgow
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2011
Introduction to Film Education at Queen Margaret University
January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022
St Andrews Primary + Secondary Education at St Andrews Primary + Secondary
January 1, 1994 - December 31, 2007
HNC in Finance for Business at Argyll College
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
HNC Units: Creating Drama Scripts; Production 1: Developing Skills at Argyll College
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006

Qualifications

HNC in Finance for Business
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Introduction to Film Education (certification)
January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services