Emmy-nominated filmmaker Catherine Cyran dies at 59

Daytime Emmynominated director of more than 20 features Catherine Cyran passed away on Christmas Eve according to multiple social media posts from those close to her She was 59According to The Hollywood Reporter a USAbased entertainment news outlet the filmmaker passed away on December 24 in Vancouver BC following a battle with cancerBefore emerging as director in the 1990s Cyran established herself as a screenwriter with credits on films such as 1990s Slumber Party Massacre III and A Cry in the Wild the 1990 adaptation of Gary Paulsens novel Hatchet the variety reportedShe made her feature film directorial debut with the 1993 sequel White Wolves A Cry in the Wild II for which she earned an Emmy nominationAlso ReadTV journalist Barbara Walters passes away at 93Cyran entered the entertainment industry working as an executive assistant under the seminal director Roger CormanUnder Corman Cyran wrote and produced titles such as Dead Space Uncaged Fire on the Amazon starring Sandra Bullock and Kiss Me a Killer which earned an Independent Spirit Award nominationCyran also served as a ghostwriter for Frankenstein Unbound Cormans final feature as a directorLater for Fox Family Television Studios she wrote and directed the thrillers Dangerous Waters and Hostile IntensionsShe then took to helming television movies at ABC Family directing Christmas films such as Christmas DoOver Homecoming for the Holidays Christmas Duet and Cross Country ChristmasCyran also developed the martial arts series Bloodfist and served as a writer on Universal productions such as Werewolf and The Beast Among Us variety reportedOther notable directorial credits include three of the four entries in The Prince amp Me series Victoria Gotti My Fathers Daughter and True HeartBefore starting her career in film the Brooklyn native received her MBA from Harvard and relocated to London to work as a management consultant for the Royal Shakespeare CompanyAfter coming back to the states she advised political campaigns in Massachusetts on various issues and briefly attended Stanford Business School reported The Hollywood ReporterCyran also published one novel The Island of the Last Great Auk Her screenplay titled The Last Story received the Canadian International Film Festival Award for excellence in writingHer final film Our Italian Christmas Memories starring Beau Bridges aired on Hallmark a few weeks before her deathLast year Cyran decided to take the SAT test just for fun At the age of 58 she scored a perfect score of 1600 variety reportedAs per The Hollywood Reporter Cyran had been a part of the Writers Guild of America the Directors Guild of Canada and the Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences for a very long timeAlso ReadSaving Mr Banks The Pianist actor Ronan Vibert dies at 58This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever