Cathy Owens has directed both surf related and horror action films in addition to many other genres. She has written fun, action-packed stories her entire life while growing up in a large family with four brothers and two sisters as one of the rare Catholic families in the small town world of the deep American South. Cathy was science and math focused before finally concentrating full time on filmmaking. She took surfing lessons at Santa Monica Community College while interning at Mark Gordon Company for course credit in graduate school because the intern courses at USC where she was earning her MFA were too expensive. Cathy interned with both Mark Gordon (Grey's Anatomy, Saving Private Ryan) and with David Dobkins (Wedding Crashers). She once played piano well, but not anymore. Cathy has been a lifelong member, advisory council member, and advocate of the kids in the 4-H Clubs of America.