Cynthia McCahon is a creator, writer, and director developing original narrative film and series projects that explore what makes us human.
She currently has three WGA-registered screenplays in development: The Recipient, What Happened To Claire, and Dutch. The Recipient is currently in production.
With experience in television — including multiple Los Angeles–area regional Emmy nominations — and a background as a technology company founder, McCahon built a successful tech company from the ground up, navigating the exact world The Recipient inhabits and returning to television with a story only that journey made possible. She now focuses on creator-driven projects developed with cinematic long-form intent and a founder's discipline.
McCahon develops projects independently through Essential Matter, maintaining clean authorship and chain of title while preparing select work for representation and production.
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