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I'm Catherine O’Shea, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright with a strong track record across TV, film and theatre. I specialise in emotionally driven stories exploring love, loss, mental health, migration and young people. I originate and develop narratives, adapt IP, and collaborate with producers, directors and commissioners from concept through to production. I'm a skilled storyteller and team player who leads projects as head writer or contributes within a writers’ room. I'm currently developing multiple TV and film projects, with recent commissions and adaptations demonstrating readiness to create original television series.…I'm Catherine O’Shea, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright with a strong track record across TV, film and theatre. I specialise in emotionally driven stories exploring love, loss, mental health, migration and young people. I originate and develop narratives, adapt IP, and collaborate with producers, directors and commissioners from concept through to production. I'm a skilled storyteller and team player who leads projects as head writer or contributes within a writers’ room. I'm currently developing multiple TV and film projects, with recent commissions and adaptations demonstrating readiness to create original television series.

Catherine O’Shea

Writer, Screenplay Writer, Screenwriter, +1

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I'm Catherine O’Shea, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright with a strong track record across TV, film and theatre. I specialise in emotionally driven stories exploring love, loss, mental health, migration and young people. I originate and develop narratives, adapt IP, and collaborate with producers, directors and commissioners from concept through to production. I'm a skilled storyteller and team player who leads projects as head writer or contributes within a writers’ room. I'm currently developing multiple TV and film projects, with recent commissions and adaptations demonstrating readiness to create original television series.…I'm Catherine O’Shea, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright with a strong track record across TV, film and theatre. I specialise in emotionally driven stories exploring love, loss, mental health, migration and young people. I originate and develop narratives, adapt IP, and collaborate with producers, directors and commissioners from concept through to production. I'm a skilled storyteller and team player who leads projects as head writer or contributes within a writers’ room. I'm currently developing multiple TV and film projects, with recent commissions and adaptations demonstrating readiness to create original television series.

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I’m Catherine O’Shea, an award-winning screenwriter and playwright with a strong track record across TV, film and theatre. I specialise in emotionally driven stories exploring love, loss, mental health, migration and young people. I originate and develop narratives, adapt IP, and collaborate with producers, directors and commissioners from concept through to production.

I’m a skilled storyteller and team player who leads projects as head writer or contributes within a writers’ room. I’m currently developing multiple TV and film projects, with recent commissions and adaptations demonstrating readiness to create original television series.

Skills

Short Film

Copywriting

Experience Level

Short Film

Expert

Copywriting

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Script Editor & Co-Writer at Mother Nature

January 1, 2026 - Present

Script Editor and Co-Writer for the project Mother Nature (in pre-production).

Commissioned Writer at Rosa Productions & Cambridge University

January 1, 2025 - Present

Commissioned writer for The Lab That Changed the World – immersive experience.

Screenwriter at Ellia Films

January 1, 2025 - Present

Screenwriter for Out of the Woods, a short film (dir. Irene Marco; released by Ellia Films).

TV Writer at Anima Films

January 1, 2025 - Present

TV Writer, adapting major British feminist novel.

Co-Writer at The Entertainer

January 1, 2024 - Present

Co-Writer for The Entertainer (Feature Film).

Writer at Headgear Pictures

January 1, 2024 - Present

Writer for Dragged Down (Feature – in pre-production).

Head Writer at Explained Away

January 1, 2024 - Present

Head Writer for Explained Away (history video series).

Playwright at Stockroom Theatre

January 1, 2024 - Present

Playwright for Helsinki Syndrome (Stockroom Theatre – selected performance).

TV Writer at Delusions of Grandeur

January 1, 2023 - Present

TV Writer for Delusions of Grandeur (pilot & treatment developed with Stephen Gallacher; currently pitched).

Award-winning TV Pilot at Death Cloak

January 1, 2023 - Present

Award-winning TV Pilot, Death Cloak.

Screenwriter at Headgear Pictures

January 1, 2022 - Present

Screenwriter for Dragged Down (feature development).

Co-Writer at Chris Boyd / Shafipour Prod

January 1, 2022 - Present

Co-Writer for Pistachio Shells (feature development).

Writer at Pinewood Lift-Off

January 1, 2021 - Present

Writer for Capture Her (short film) – festival screenings incl. Pinewood Lift-Off.

Writer at Berlin Flash Film Festival

January 1, 2021 - Present

Writer for January Gone (BAFTA Microshorts – Berlin Flash Film Festival recognition).

Writer at Chicken Chicas, The Butchers

January 1, 2021 - Present

Developed two original TV comedy pilots (Chicken Chicas, The Butchers).