Kathryn Schotthoefer

CEO/Founder
Original Media Ventures

Kathryn Schotthoefer is an American film and television executive. She founded Original Media Ventures, a studio focused on developing film and TV projects from underrepresented creative voices in 2017 and launched REPRESENT, a community to offer support, education, and opportunities for storytellers, in 2018. ​She previously worked for entertainment companies including ​Twentieth Century Fox​, ​New Line Cinema​,  Warner Bros.​, and was the former president of ​M&C Saatchi​ company, Heavenspot. She is a vocal advocate for ​human rights​ and ​civil rights​, particularly in regards to ​refugee​ ​humanitarian efforts​. In 2016, she was awarded the Global Gift Foundation Philanthropreneur Award, an honor previously awarded to ​Victoria Beckham​ and ​Jorge Perez​.