Katrina O’Gilvie
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Screenwriting
Katrina O’Gilvie grew up between New York City and the South of Spain, where her father produced live Jazz concerts, and her mother was a singer. She fell in love with the film industry at an early age and followed that passion to film school at The New School University in NYC.
Seeking the warmer climate of her childhood, she moved to LA and became a feature development assistant at Imagine Entertainment before working for Aaron Sorkin on SPORTS NIGHT. While raising her children, Katrina worked in production, wrote a pregnancy book, was a feature writer for LA Parent Magazine, and completed her first novel. TV One produced three of her movies, including the award-winning and NAACP Image Award-nominated Rosa Parks movie, BEHIND THE MOVEMENT. She proudly wrote on the first season of SWAGGER for Apple TV. During the height of the pandemic, she sold a pilot, ACTIVATION to CBS, and wrapped on the third season of the legal drama, ALL RISE, airing on OWN.
Storytelling is Katrina’s passion and coming from Jamaican, Irish, and Puerto Rican descent, she is proud to write with a wide range of exciting and diverse characters. Growing up in a family of legacy artists who broke through color barriers to become some of the firsts in this industry, she has perspective and appreciation for the journey.
Katrina lives in the Hollywood Hills with her partner Brian and their rescue dog, Nina. Between them they share five (grown-ish) kids and a very large vegetable garden.