Catherine is an 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. She also shot a block on the last season of A Discovery of Witches for Sky/AMC, as well as on HBO’s hit prequel series to Game of Thrones – House of the Dragon, for which she was nominated for both the 2023 Emmy Award and the ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a One Hour Television Drama. Her most recent credits include the new Sally Wainwright original series Renegade Nell for Disney +, as well as the second season of House of the Dragon, for which she shot the season finale. Catherine has just wrapped filming the second series of HBO’s The Last of Us, working with directors Mark Mylod, Kate Herron and Nina Lopez- Corrado.

Catherine has an MFA in Cinematography from the American Film Institute, and a BA in Film Studies from Wesleyan University. She is a voting member of BAFTA, a full accredited member of the British Society of Cinematographers as well a member of ICG Local #600. 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.