Kathryn Mockler

About me

Industry Arts
Occupation Screenwriter, Story Editor, Writer, Poet, Writing Lecturer
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Introduction Kathryn Mockler is a writer, screenwriter, and poet. She is the author of the poetry books Some Theories (ST Press, 2017), The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press, 2015), The Saddest Place on Earth (DC Books, 2012) and Onion Man (Tightrope Books, 2011). She received her MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and her BA in Honours English and Creative Writing from Concordia University. Her writing has been published in Public Pool, The Butter, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Lemon Hound, Found Press, Poetry is Dead, Descant, The Windsor Review, The Capilano Review, and Geist. In 2005, she attended the Canadian Film Centre's Writers' Lab and wrote two short films for the NBC/Universal Short Dramatic Film Program. She has seven shorts films and videos produced to date. Her work has been broadcast on TMN, Movieola, and Bravo and has screened at festivals such as the Washington Project for the Arts Experimental Media Series, Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Festival, Worldfest, Cinequest, and EMAF. Her films are distributed by Ouat Media, V-tape, and the Canadian Film Centre.