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Catherine Busch-Johnston
PO Box 421, Rough & Ready, CA 95975
PH 530-274-1717  
FAX 530-477-8191  
CreatingImages@comcast.net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Writer, director, videographer, editor: Chase the Horizon documentary series promo

Writer, director, videographer, editor: Destination Family, a teen adoption awareness program

Writer, director, videographer, editor: Service, Communication, Technology in a Rural Community.  A training program for Department of Social Services, Nevada County

Writer, director, videographer, editor: Head Start to Health, a 10 part series on how to raise a health child from 0-5

Writer, director, videographer, editor: You Can Do It! and I Got My Mom Back, two anti-drug videos for women and children

Director, editor: Anchored in the Heart, redeeming the dark feminine

Documentary series director/videographer/writer/editor: 
Spirit of the Trees, a six-part series exploring the link between trees and forests and Native American Cultures (Produced through a grant from the US Forest Service.) 

Editor, public relations/fund raising program for The LIFT Foundation, 
Lift Their Spirits 

Public relations/recruiting video, National Semiconductor Corp. 
Want to Live in the Gold Country?

Documentary director/editor: Healthy Kids series

Documentary director/editor: Building Community,  Mercy Charities Housing Corp., San Francisco, CA

Documentary editor: Trees In Any Language, Trees Forever, 
Marion, IA 

Documentary: Carolina Panther Football Stadium, Charlotte, NC 

Producer/director/writer for video series 
The Face Of Wisdom: Stories of Elder Women

Director/editor, twelve-part video series, Canticle To The Cosmos 

Public relations/informational video: A Passion For Life, St. Joseph Health Systems, Orange, CA

Documentary/public relations, director/videographer/editor, 
Marymount HS, Los Angeles, CA

Educational Video: director/videographer/editor, 
California Anti-Smoking Campaign 

Assistant Director, Post Production Manager Solo Tramp 
Pre-World Tour Concert

CD Development for Stratum Technologies Medical Software, 
Half Moon Bay, CA 

Documentary: free-lance producer/director/writer/editor: 
Venice, CA 

Documentary: Sisters of St. Joseph, Baden, PA 

Documentary: footage and script development Holy Family Parish, 
Inverness, IL 

Directed and edited two satellite marketing programs 

Documentary: videographer/editor Sierra Adoption Services 

Free-lance photography, educational book publications 

Photographer, photo editor, Creation magazine 

Associate producer, KMTV television series, Omaha, NE 

Producer, Easter special, KTVU, Oakland, CA 

Director/photographer/writer: educational videos, films, photography 
(USA, Samoa, Brazil, Columbia, Honduras, Guatemala, Bolivia, Peru, 
Mexico, Jamaica, Japan)

Children's interviewer, CBS special, The Secret World of the Very Young  

Documentary associate producer, Women's Alliance, Nevada City, CA

Photography, Musique Magazine

Documentary film producer/director/editor, Venice, CA

Photography, Southwest Films Inc., Latin America

Photography, A-Air Corp. industrial teaching programs, 
Pittsburgh, PA       

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts Degree, Motion Picture/Television Production, 
University of
California at Los Angeles (Magna Cum Laude) 

Graduate Studies in Television, Loyola Univ., Los Angeles, CA

Graduate, Art Institute of Pittsburgh (Photography)

Graduate, School of Medical Photography, Mercy Hospital

Graduate Practical Nurse, Mercy Hospital (Class President)

Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, Carlow College  

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Sierra College: Writing and Planning for Television 
and Video Production

Photography/Mythology Instructor, Holy Names College, Oakland, CA 

Elementary School Teacher, Pittsburgh, PA

ADVERTISING EXPERIENCE

Production photography, NBC & Learning Corp. of America television special Once a Year...For a Lifetime

Production photography, Foothill Theater Company

Publicity and catalog photography, Teleketics Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Photography, Time-Life Corp. (television pilot)

EXHIBITS

State Capitol Rotunda, Sacramento, CA

Nevada Theater, Nevada City, CA

Fine Art Center, Taos, NM

St. Catherine's College, St. Paul, MN

Viterbo Gallery, La Crosse, WI

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Gabriel national broadcasting award, Best Documentary, for 
The Face of Wisdom: Stories of Elder Women

Three international film and video festivals for Best Documentary 
and Best Multi-Cultural Film The Face of Wisdom: 
Stories of Elder Women
series producer/director

Gabriel national broadcasting award for directing and photographing 
a series of PSA’s on children’s feelings Feelings Just Are

Rockefeller Foundation: Major funding for directing and editing a 
twelve-part video series, Canticle To The Cosmos

Rockefeller Foundation: Major funding for producing and directing an 
eight-part series The Face of Wisdom: Stories of Elder Women

Communicator Award documentary: 
The Emmaus Community of Pittsburgh

Telly award finalist, Healthy Kids, HIV/Aids education video series 
for Rural Communities

The Videographer Award of Distinction public relations video 
National Semiconductor Corp.

Telly award winner, public relations video program, A Passion For Life

Telly award finalist, documentary That All May Have Life

HIV/Aids education grant, California Department of Education

Telly award finalist for Music Video Allahadiyyah

Funding for film production, Presbytery of the Pacific, Los Angeles, CA 

Grant for further study, Catholic Comm. Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 

Grant for further study, NCPA, Los Angeles, CA

Achievement in Communication Excellence award, 
Pittsburgh Radio and TV Club    


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