Cirina Catania

Cirina Catania is Writer, Director, Journalist and former marketing executive with a long history of success in both the major studio and independent film environment. She is one of the co-founders and former director of the Sundance Film Festival. Her popular tech podcast, "The Digital Production BuZZ," with host Larry Jordan and Michael Horton, airs every Thursday at http://www.digitalproductionbuzz.com and is heard in 156 countries in the world. Cirina writes for Technorati.com on gadgets, software, tech business and the latest films. She is a futurist and a digital distribution specialist.

Catania's production credits include National Geographic's "Nat Geo's Most Amazing Photos" as writer/field producer, Nat Geo's "Top Ten Photos of 2011," 12-part series for Discovery Channel, "Southern Steel;" 13 episodes of Lifetime's " Merge," 16 episodes of "Worst Case Scenario," for Columbia Television, 6 episodes of "Untold Stories from the ER," for TLC; and 2 episodes of "Animal Kidding," for Animal Planet.

She produces stories about interesting people worldwide. You can see a few of them (Danny Glover, Ang Lee, Morgan Freeman, John Singleton, etc.) on her YouTube channel, "BrenCara Films" or on Vimeo.

Cirina has produced and directed numerous marketing campaigns in various capacities for over 100 major motion-pictures and mini-series including, "Rainman," "Tombstone," "Stargate," "Yentl," "The Arrival," "Les Miserables," "Rocky IV," four James Bond films beginning with "A View to a Kill," "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures," "Poltergeist III," "2010," "Hamlet," and "Total Recall."

During her tenure as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Chief Operating Officer of the Theatrical Motion Picture Division of United Artists Pictures, Cirina was responsible for the management of an average yearly operating budget of $200 million. Departments under her supervision included, Strategic Planning, Creative Advertising, Licensing/Promotions, Publicity, Research, Music/Soundtrack Marketing and Budgetary/Administrative.

Cirina is an active member of the Producer's Guild of America, the Writer's Guild of America and IA Local 600.