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Cathryn Michon

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  • Actress
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Cathryn Michon
Cathryn Michon is a screenwriter-along with her husband, author W. Bruce Cameron-on all the films made from Cameron's novels, including Amblin/Universal's films A Dog's Purpose and A Dog's Journey; Sony Pictures' A Dog's Way Home and the upcoming A Dog's Promise for Amblin/Universal. She is also a film director: she produced, directed, and co-wrote the Lionsgate film Cook Off!, in which she also stars alongside Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone, and Wendy McLendon-Covey, and co-wrote and directed the film Muffin Top: A Love Story, in which she stars with David Arquette, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Retta. Cathryn is a former member of Chicago's Second City, a stand-up comic, and the author of the nationally-bestselling feminist memoir, The Grrl Genius Guide To Life. She hosted for three years the AMC series, Grrl Genius at the movies which celebrated the greatest chick flicks of all time. She's also a veteran network television writer and producer, having worked on both hour and half hour series such as South Park and Diagnosis Murder, among many others.
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David Arquette, Jill Holden, Cathryn Michon, Retta, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)

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David Arquette, Jill Holden, Cathryn Michon, Retta, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
Muffin Top: A Love Story
4.6
  • Writer
  • 2014
Diedrich Bader, Melissa McCarthy, and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Cook Off! (2007)
Cook Off!
4.2
  • Writer
  • 2007
Dennis Quaid and Josh Gad in A Dog's Journey (2019)
A Dog's Journey
7.4
  • Writer
  • 2019
A Dog's Way Home (2019)
A Dog's Way Home
6.7
  • Writer
  • 2019

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Writer

  • Dennis Quaid and Josh Gad in A Dog's Journey (2019)
    A Dog's Journey
    • screenplay by
    • 2019
  • A Dog's Way Home (2019)
    A Dog's Way Home
    • screenplay by
    • 2019
  • Josh Gad in A Dog's Purpose (2017)
    A Dog's Purpose
    • screenplay by
    • 2017
  • David Arquette, Jill Holden, Cathryn Michon, Retta, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
    Muffin Top: A Love Story
    • Writer
    • 2014
  • Marisa Coughlan in Side Order of Life (2007)
    Side Order of Life
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Diedrich Bader, Melissa McCarthy, and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Cook Off! (2007)
    Cook Off!
    • written by
    • 2007
  • Livin' It Up with the Bratz (2006)
    Livin' It Up with the Bratz
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 2006
  • Mary Leahy in Teen Queens (2001)
    Teen Queens
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Dick Van Dyke and Barry Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder (1993)
    Diagnosis Murder
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1999–2001
  • Strange Luck (1995)
    Strange Luck
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Kelly Rutherford, Rhoda Gemignani, Peter Krause, and Michael Rispoli in The Great Defender (1995)
    The Great Defender
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • George (1993)
    George
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Annie Potts, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, and Dixie Carter in Designing Women (1986)
    Designing Women
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 1991–1993
  • John Mahoney and Kurt Deutsch in The Human Factor (1992)
    The Human Factor
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, and Sheila Kelley in Sisters (1991)
    Sisters
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 1991

Actress

  • David Arquette, Jill Holden, Cathryn Michon, Retta, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
    Muffin Top: A Love Story
    • Suzanne Nicholson
    • 2014
  • Jonathan Winters and Alex J. Dean in The Babe and the Kid (2009)
    The Babe and the Kid
    • Mom
    • Short
    • 2009
  • Diedrich Bader, Melissa McCarthy, and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Cook Off! (2007)
    Cook Off!
    • Sharon Solfest
    • 2007
  • Grrl Genius at the Movies
    • Host
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • Jonathan Frakes, Linda Cardellini, Sara Botsford, Stephanie Faracy, François Giroday, Steven Petrarca, and Perry Stephens in The Lot (1999)
    The Lot
    • Ginny the Stand-In
    • TV Series
    • 2001
  • George (1993)
    George
    • Jessica
    • TV Series
    • 1994

Producer

  • David Arquette, Jill Holden, Cathryn Michon, Retta, and Marissa Jaret Winokur in Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
    Muffin Top: A Love Story
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Diedrich Bader, Melissa McCarthy, and Wendi McLendon-Covey in Cook Off! (2007)
    Cook Off!
    • co-executive producer
    • producer
    • 2007
  • Jonathan Frakes, Linda Cardellini, Sara Botsford, Stephanie Faracy, François Giroday, Steven Petrarca, and Perry Stephens in The Lot (1999)
    The Lot
    • executive consulting producer
    • TV Series
    • 1999

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    • July 3
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Other works
    Author, with Gurmukh Khalsa, of the book "The Eight Human Talents" Cliff Street Books (September 2000)

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    Friend of Marcia Wallace.

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