For ten years Kathy acted as Head of Development for Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) co-writing feature film scripts for Columbia Tri-Star Films and Carolco, and developing television series such as Walker Texas Ranger and Due South. Concurrently, she wrote, story-edited or produced comedy series’ for ABC, NBC and CBS, and dramas for CBS, 20th Century Fox, USA Network, Sony Pictures and first-run syndication. She has received numerous international awards for her work writing and producing international co-productions, including seven Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Gemini Awards, two Banff Television and Film Festival Jury Awards, the Telefilm Canada English Prize, as well as a nomination for Hollywood’s prestigious Humanitas Prize.

Known for her versatility and expertise in multiple genres and formats, Kathy’s credits include comedy, drama, suspense, action-adventure, science fiction, children’s live-action and animation. To learn more about Kathy, please visit her site SuccessfulScreenwriting.net.

Kathy Slevin’s Projects

INFILTRATORS – An action-drama series a la Alias/The X Files. (one hour)
A pair of “infiltrators” – one a professional security expert, the other an amateur urban explorer – team up to crack the world’s most intriguing conspiracy theories by penetrating high security locations and coming out with the truth.

CONFESSIONS – A detective series told from the criminal’s point of view.  (one hour)
Drawn from the case files of a homicide unit, these are the crimes of everyday people swept up in the desperation of the times whose tragic choices make them the target of the six detectives whose duty it is to bring them to justice.

SUITS & DAGGERS – A light ensemble series in the vein of Swimming With Sharks/The Devil Wears Prada. (one hour)
On graduation day, a group of ambitious twenty-somethings commence a race to the top of the ladder of success.  Each intends to be the first to buy the classic Maserati in the window of the dealership that they have lived across the street from for the last four years – a feat which can only be accomplished by getting promoted out of their entry level positions and into a mid-six figure job in record time.

INFAMY – A crime drama based on sensational celebrity crimes torn from the headlines. (one hour)
Just like his prey, DAMION QUINN is infamous. A disgraced homicide detective turned true crime reporter, Quinn travels around the country solving high profile murders that stump local cops, leaving embarrassed, resentful authorities in his wake.

PIRATES OF THE SAN JUANS – A “blue sky” hour of romance and mystery co-created with Canadian playwright Peter Colley. (one hour)
Female U.S. Customs Special Agent, Claire Jenkins, is forced by circumstance to team with John Cole Reeves, a Canadian descendent of notorious British pirates (and of dubious honesty himself) in order to bring law and order to a string of mysterious islands that have become a 21st century smuggler’s paradise.

PANDORA’S CLOSET – A comedy-mystery series. (half-hour)
Pandora’s Closet is the story of a young woman who sees visions in her closet of all the troubles that are about to plague her friends and neighbors in the college town of Forest City.

ENTER THE NIGHT – An interactive mystery series for iPad and other tablet platforms, co-created with Canadian producer David Goorevitch.
Enter the Night is one continuing story, serialized in episodes approximately 8 minutes in length. Set in the urban core of a large metropolis between dusk and dawn, the series revolves around the unusual lives and loves of “night people,” featuring an ensemble cast of characters whose lives loosely intertwine, a la Pulp Fiction or Twin Peaks.

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