Catherine began her career in international distribution in Los Angeles, after completing her graduate producer fellowship at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles in 1988.
After AFI, Catherine embarked on her career in international feature film distribution. As Sales Manager for Odyssey Distributors, Catherine worked under Patrick Wachsberger, who is now world famous for the TWILIGHT feature franchise. At Odyssey, Catherine learned about pitching and making international pre-sales of live action movies on a territory by territory basis. Titles she sold include THE HANDMAID’S TALE (Faye Dunaway, Robert Duvall), Q & A (Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton), TUNE IN TOMORROW (Keanu Reeves, Peter Falk) and several other indie features that had major North American studio releases.
In 1992, Catherine moved over to television distribution and ran the LA office of the UK company Dandelion Distribution. Her first international coproduction TV series deal (Australia, UK and USA) had its primetime premiere on the US Discovery Channel in 1993.
Catherine moved to New York in 1995, to become Vice President of International Distribution for GoodTimes Entertainment, one of the strongest North American distributors at that time. For nearly five years, Catherine ran GoodTimes’ international business, licensing their movies, animation series and specials to film and TV buyers in the foreign markets. She presold major European distributors the animated feature film RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER which became a blockbuster hit across Europe in 1998-1999.
Catherine formed her own sales and distribution company in New York in 2000. BRANSCOME INTERNATIONAL licenses completed features, series and shorts – most of their content is animation, targeted for Kids and Family audiences. Buyer clients include broadcasters and cable/streaming platforms, as well as pan-regional channels from major entertainment companies such as Disney, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. While the company specializes in licensing completed content, on a selective basis it also helps independent producers to secure pre-sale and set up coproductions.
In her early career (before specializing in international distribution), Catherine worked as an independent producer of for National Public Radio and PBS. She wrote, produced and achieved industry recognition for her contributions – including an Emmy and a Cable Ace award.
Catherine is a voting member of BAFTA New York, and served on BAFTA’s board for 12 consecutive years. For six of those years, she was Head of their Sponsorship Committee.
At George Mason University, Catherine completed her major degree: Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Language and Literature, with a minor in Business Administration – Marketing.
