Christine D. Beatty

Christine D. Beatty is a writer and producer, known for Poker Queens (2020), Radio Wars (2012) and Myrna (2015). A San Francisco Bay Area native, Beatty's diverse and dramatic life experience includes being an honorably discharged veteran, a transgender woman, a former sexworker, a recovered addict, a print journalist, author, working musician, screenwriter, producer and software engineer. In addition to a degree in Computer Science, she earned a certificate in feature film screen writing from UCLA /E, and graduated from LA Valley College with a degree in Cinema Arts in 2016 . In 2011 she helped produce the award-winning documentary Radio Wars (2012). In 2014, while in film school, she was a co-executive producer of the TV pilot _Myrna (2015)_ (TV). In 2019 she produced the documentary Poker Queens (2020) about female poker champions.