{"id":175729,"date":"2023-01-03T06:42:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/catherine-cryan-emmy-nominated-director-passes-away-at-59-years-of-age-after-battling-cancer\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T06:42:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T06:42:06","slug":"catherine-cryan-emmy-nominated-director-passes-away-at-59-years-of-age-after-battling-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/catherine-cryan-emmy-nominated-director-passes-away-at-59-years-of-age-after-battling-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Cryan – Emmy-nominated director – passes away at 59 years of age after battling cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Catherine Cryan – Emmy-nominated director – passes away at 59 years of age after battling cancer<\/h2>\n

By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com <\/p>\n

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The filmmaking world is in mourning with news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan passing away.<\/p>\n

The writer and director passed on December 24 at 59 years of age, after a battle with cancer, according to Variety.<\/p>\n

She passed away in Vancouver, British Columbia after a career that spanned three decades. <\/p>\n

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RIP: The filmmaking world is in mourning with news that Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cryan passing away<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cryan was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985.<\/p>\n

She then spent the next two years working for the Royal Shakespeare Company in London.<\/p>\n

After returning to the United States, she started working as an executive assistant for prolific filmmaker Roger Corman. <\/p>\n

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Early years: Cryan was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard University, graduating from the prestigious institution in 1985<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She started her writing career with a trio of films released in 1990 – A Cry in the Wild, Slumber Party Massacre III and Bloodfist III.<\/p>\n

She wrote 1991’s Dead Space starring Bryan Cranston and Uncaged starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan for Roger Corman’s company, along with 1993’s Fire on the Amazon starring Sandra Bullock, a year before every breakthrough hit Speed.<\/p>\n

Cryan also started her directing career in 1993 with White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II, starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, which earned every Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Children’s Special.<\/p>\n

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Writing: She started her writing career with a trio of films released in 1990 – A Cry in the Wild, Slumber Party Massacre III and Bloodfist III<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

After working with Corman, she started working with Fox Family Television Studios, writing and directing 1995’s Dangerous Waters and 1999’s Hostile Intensions.<\/p>\n

She then started working for ABC Family, directing a number of Christmas films including Christmas Do-Over, Homecoming for the Holidays, Christmas Duet and Cross Country Christmas.<\/p>\n

Cryan also co-wrote 2012’s Werewolf: The Beast Among Us and 2016’s Honey 3: Dare to Dance.<\/p>\n

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After: After working with Corman, she started working with Fox Family Television Studios, writing and directing 1995’s Dangerous Waters and 1999’s Hostile Intensions<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Every other directorial efforts are 1999’s True Heart, 2006’s The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008’s The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010’s The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019’s Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Our Italian Christmas Memories, which debuted on Hallmark in November. <\/p>\n

She also published the novel The Island of the Last Great Auk, which debuted in November 2015 by White Steed Press.<\/p>\n

Her screenplay The Last Story received the Canadian International Film Festival Award for excellence in writing.<\/p>\n

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Director: Every other directorial efforts are 1999’s True Heart, 2006’s The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding, 2008’s The Prince & Me 3: A Royal Honeymoon, 2010’s The Prince & Me: The Elephant Adventure, 2019’s Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter and Our Italian Christmas Memories, which debuted on Hallmark in November<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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