Cathy John

Cathy John is a writer, researcher, consultant and Visiting Tutor and Unit leader at the Arts University College Bournemouth. From 2008 until 2011 Cathy was a cinema programmer at the Barbican, London, programming film festivals, seasons and special events, including the London Children’s Film Festival. Cathy has worked with Fashion in Film since its inception and has chaired the Advisory Board since 2007.

Committed to supporting women within the film industry, Cathy sits on the programming team of Birds Eye View film festival, the major UK platform for female filmmakers and has also curated a women’s film festival at the Pacific Film Archive, California.