Catrina Castillo

Catrina Castillo Kreinberg was born in the Philippines and lived with her family in Manilla. Her mother worked as an Executive Producer at an advertising production company and became a huge influence to Kreinberg. Being exposed to her mother's hard work in the film industry at a young age, Kreinberg took her passion for film to The United States when her family moved in 2000. Kreinberg studied Behavioral Studies at Cal State Long Beach while simultaneously exerting her creativity by hosting art exhibits with her own work. Continuously feeding her creative brain, Kreinberg possess the ability to play the piano by ear and can reproduce a piece of music without reading sheet music. Kreinberg began playing piano at the age of 10 and puts on small concerts for her small family: Her loving husband, two cats and one dog. With an undying love for horror movies (Specifically Japanese and Korean horror films), Kreinberg continues to pursue creative writing and directing. In addition to being creative, Kreinberg values health, which led to her desire in becoming a nurse to help others. Kreinberg went to a nursing vocational school in 2008 in order to become a devoted assistant to Dr. Brian Flyer. Working in the medicine field for 9 years, Kreinberg became a health enthusiastic and fell in love with running. She completed 11 marathons by 2016 and is still an avid marathon runner to this day. Multi-talented Kreinberg created this short film to prove that females can write and direct.