Catherine Goldschmidt ASC, BSC is a BAFTA, Emmy and ASC Award nominated cinematographer. With a background in shooting award-winning independent features and documentaries, Catherine was named a “Rising Star of Cinematography” by American Cinematographer Magazine for her work in episodic. Her TV credits include lead DP on the 12th Season of Doctor Who, the Emmy-nominated show Dummy, (for which she pioneered a new approach to framing that was featured in both American Cinematographer and British Cinematographer Magazine) and the critically acclaimed BBC/Amazon original mini-series Chloe. Her work on the HBO hit prequel series to Game of Thrones – House of the Dragon Season One was recognized with a 2023 Emmy Award and ASC Award nomination for Outstanding Cinematography in a One Hour Television Drama. Her work on the Season Two finale episode of House of the Dragon also received a 2025 ASC Award nomination. Catherine’s work on the second series of HBO’s The Last of Us, praised by Indiewire as “Bleak, Beautiful, Brilliant”, has been nominated for a 2026 BAFTA TV Craft Award. She has recently just wrapped filming on the second series of the Netflix show 3 Body Problem with director Miguel Sapochnik.

Catherine has an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute, and a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University. She is a member of BAFTA, the TV Academy, ICG Local #600, as well as the American Society and the British Society of Cinematographers. She holds both US and UK Passports.

Along with fellow cinematographer Vanessa Whyte, Catherine is a founding member of illuminatrix– a collective of female cinematographers in the UK.

A French-speaker, a tap-dancer, a dog-lover, and a three-ball juggler, Catherine is happy for people to call her Katie, Catherine, Schmidty… but never Cathy.