Catherine McMullen is one of the hottest young genre screenwriters in Australia at the moment.

In 2017 she won the John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science-Fiction writing for a pilot called 'Awake' and her feature script 'The Other Lamb' got her onto The Black List, The Hit List and The Blood List in Hollywood.

She is now commuting between Australia and LA, working in writers rooms and forging what will surely be an illustrious career.

We discuss her career trajectory to this point, how she writes and why you can't talk yourself down in Hollywood.

As the Drama Executive at Foxtel, Carly Heaton evaluates drama pitches and scripts, represents the network in writers' rooms and helps develop scripts.

We chat about upcoming Foxtel shows, who can pitch to Foxtel and what level your pitch might need to be at.

This is a great episode for insights into the Foxtel drama department.