Catherine Hardwicke

Catherine Harwicke (born 1955 in McAllen, Texas) is a Hollywood screenwriter, producer, production designer and film director

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1955 - McAllen - Texas - Hollywood - Screenwriter - Film director

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From a young age, Hardwicke dreamed of a career in film. In 1990, she worked as art director on Mr. Destiny, a movie about a former baseball player who gets a second chance at the major leagues. She spent most of the 1990s' as a production designer; Posse, Tombstone, The Newton Boys, and 1999's Three Kings were some of the films she worked on.

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1990 - Mr. Destiny - Baseball - Major leagues - 1990s - Posse - Tombstone - The Newton Boys - 1999 - Three Kings

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Hardwicke was already known around Hollywood circles, but further distinguished herself during the early 2000's. In 2001, she collaborated alongside Tom Cruise, among many others, in Vanilla Sky; in 2003, Thirteen was her first foray into film direction.

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2000 - 2001 - Tom Cruise - Vanilla Sky - 2003 - Thirteen

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Hardwicke and fifteen year old Nikki Reed got together to write a movie that would reflect Hardwicke's teenage years. The script for the movie was done in only six days. Evan Rachel Wood was contracted to star in the movie alongside Reed.

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Nikki Reed - Evan Rachel Wood

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Hardwicke is currently directing a series of upcoming Hollywood productions, including Lords of Dogtown; to be released later in 2005, Burden and Vivaldi, the latter of which will be released in 2006.

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Lords of Dogtown - 2005 - Burden - Vivaldi - 2006

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