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Hey, I'm Christine!
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ooookaaaay. Here we go... Civilian stuff first...
I started out as a Geology major with a love of theater and a steady career as a Denny's waitress when I landed a part time job as a weekend weather reporter in Missoula, MT. Four months later I was recruited by the NBC affiliate in nearby Spokane, WA. Three years to the day from my first weather job I was flying across the USA to work for NBC in Boston.
Since then I have hosted, anchored, forecast and headlined newscasts for top rated stations across the country including KABC in Los Angeles, WCCO and KMSP in Minneapolis, and WHDH in Boston. My live severe weather coverage and severe weather programming has garnered several station Emmy Awards. I have also been nominated for an Emmy (weathercaster), named "Boston's Best Meteorologist" by Improper Bostonian magazine.
My Favorite Season is WINTER!
My Second Favorite Season is OTHER SEVERE WEATHER!!
AFter moving to Minnesota in 2002, I launched "The Snow Snow" which led to a Hirsch Broadcasting award for Sports programming in it's first year and ran for 3 seasons.
Since then I have also appeared in movies and television series including The Mindy Project, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, 90210, The Closer, Hallmark, Lifetime, and 4 seasons of Desperate Housewives.
Off camera, I work as media consultant and producer. My company, Clayburg Creative, assists global corporations, high profile individuals and non-profits alike in techniques to make their stories more approachable, relatable and media friendly.
After many years covering natural disasters I enlisted with the Air National Guard as a loadmaster on the C-130 Hercules. I am a 5th generation military veteran, the oldest of 5 girls and and lived in Zambia when I was young where my parents helped build a hospital and a small dam to generate power for the hospital. We got to Africa by crossing the Atlantic on a cargo ship when I was about 5 and I've had a well developed fondness for adventure and service to others ever since.
As a combat airlift loadmaster I supervise all aspects of loading, weight and balance, preflight and airdrop operations. I am also an expert marksman and have deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom, completing many successful combat airlift missions in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as other combat, peace-keeping and humanitarian airlift operations around the globe.
I am also trained as a Tactical Airlift Control Loadmaster which includes managing readiness and rapid response for national and international disasters. I am an Air Force instructor, and have taught aircraft load planning and emergency response airlift operations to the sister services, NASA, Lockheed Martin and other government contractors to ensure rapid coordinated airlift response worldwide.
Back when I didn't think a thermarest was too painful to sleep on, I climbed numerous North and South American peaks as high as 22,842', kayaked solo for a week through the Apostle Islands on frigid Lake Superior, bicycled from San Francisco to Los Angeles along the Pacific Coast Highway, completed Olympic length triathlons and traversed the Sierra Nevada alone.
In more recent years I have done more film directing, writing and producing including several award winning short films!
I am currently in my 2nd year of an MFA in TV and Film Screenwriting with Stephens College. I started this MFA with ONE mission....polish the Minneapolis Screenplay under the expert guidance of:
Ken Lazebnik - (A Prairie Home Companion, Star Trek: Enterprise, Army Wives, Providence)
& Brian Bird - (When Calls the Heart, Touched By An Angel).
And last, but certainly not least,...
(and yes, I know, this is supposed to be the part where most film-makers acknowledge the wife and kids). I am The Most Devoted and Loyal Minion of my beloved, kinda bitey, and extremely well-traveled little rescue kitty,
Commander Roger Spacely, and I most sincerely hope, that the mere spectre of his mighty kitty importance will compel you to support our film! ; )
My Projects
Projects I'm Supporting

Lost In Moldova
Chisinau, Moldova• Series
Comedy, Drama
“Lost in Moldova” is a fish out of water dramedy web series set in the Republic of Moldova in Eastern Europe.
This project got the green light!

Drought
Wilmington, North Carolina• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
The summer after high school, Sam searches for a better life for herself and younger brother with Autism.
This project got the green light!

Endless Light
Fairbanks, Alaska• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi
Returning home, a bipolar woman attempts to decipher her brother's suicide through occult intervention with Alaska's wilderness.
This project got the green light!

Brown With Blue
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Romance
A handyman & his girlfriend struggle with substance abuse to cope with their problems.
This project got the green light!

Passion & Progress
Lakeland, Florida• Series
Documentary
When people of color set out an ambitious goal to reach their highest potential, only to be faced with societal barriers.
This project got the green light!

United
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama
A survivor of a police brutality event gives an interview on live television to share the story to a former police officer.
This project got the green light!

Miles Underwater
San Antonio, Texas• Film Feature
Drama, Family
13-year-old Miles is struggling to find where he belongs when an unusual event forces him to face his biggest fear and take a leap of faith.
This project got the green light!

Seed of Doubt
Rochester, Minnesota• Film Feature
Thriller
Melissa and Scott’s dream home turns into a nightmare when they take on new tenants to make ends meet.
This project got the green light!
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Desert Trilogy
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Fantasy
The desert links three stories: A child ghost haunts her father, an estranged sister asks a final favor, and a cowboy meets unlikely angels.
This project got the green light!

Coming Home: Celebrating the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 2017
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Documentary
A group of the last surviving Women Airforce Service Pilots, all in their 90s, return to Avenger Field, for what may be their last reunion.
This project got the green light!

The Pet Peeve Police
Los Angeles, California• Series
Adventure, Comedy
Ridding the world of inconsiderate douches one pet peeve at a time.
This project got the green light!

Minnesota Mean
Saint Paul, Minnesota• Film Short
Documentary, Sport
The quirky and powerful women of the internationally competitive MN RollerGirls, risking life and limb for a chance to be best in the world.
This project got the green light!

Only Strangers Sleep in my Bed
Middletown, Connecticut• Film Short
Thriller
A young man cons a lonely woman into believing that he might be her long lost son only to find himself out of his depth.
This project got the green light!

Believe Her
New York City, New York• Film Short
Drama
Why can't we just Believe Her?
This project got the green light!

The Alluring Frontier
Phoenix, Arizona• Film Short
Sci-Fi, Western
A small town in the old west gets consumed by a dark force that uses the power of temptation to try and turn everyone into demonic minions.
This project got the green light!
The Mile Ground
Morgantown, West Virginia• Film Feature
Drama, Mystery
The contents of a strange safety deposit box send an opioid addict down a risky road that will lead to her redemption or final destruction
This project got the green light!

The Cold Days of Summer
Utica, New York• Film Feature
Crime, Drama
A boxer battles injury, criminals, and an authoritarian school board to save his scholarship and learn the true cost of the American dream
This project got the green light!

Emma Was Here
Medford, Oregon• Film Feature
Drama
A terminally-ill woman goes on a trip with friends before deciding whether she will go through with her choice of physician-assisted dying.
This project got the green light!
Gleahan and the Knaves of Industry
Duluth, Minnesota• Film Feature
Adventure, Comedy
An opportunistic asshole joins the quest of a delusional man who thinks he’s in a fantasy world.
This project got the green light!

AUGGIE
Fairfield, Connecticut• Film Feature
Drama, Sci-Fi
Forced into early retirement, a man falls in love with his new augmented reality companion, driving away his wife and daughter.
This project got the green light!

Give And Take
Asheville, North Carolina• Film Feature
Comedy, Documentary
In this sincere comedy about parenting, a father who's lost custody of his rebellious daughter kidnaps her in a plan to save her future.
This project got the green light!

LION KILLER
Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Drama
Fighting Solves Everything
This project got the green light!
Parallel Chords
St. Louis, Missouri• Film Feature
Drama, Music
A young violinist struggles to break free from her pianist father to find her own voice.
This project got the green light!

The Way It Goes
Shawnee, Johnson County• Film Feature
Comedy, Romantic Comedy
Sometimes life just doesn't go as planned.
This project got the green light!
The Inner Edge
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
A NJ cop struggling with changes in her life, has to save a suicidal stranger to unlock what powers lie within her.
This project got the green light!

Between Heaven and Hell
Riverside, California• Film Feature
Drama, Fantasy
On 11/22/63, John F. Kennedy, CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley all died within moments of each other and meet in a place “somewhere beyond death”
This project got the green light!

DULCINEA
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
A suicidal man stumbles upon a ring that allows him to travel anywhere in the world with one condition: he can't go to the same place twice
This project got the green light!

Project Gaslight
Rochester, Minnesota• Film Feature
Horror, Thriller
New tenants harbor a secret that jeopardizes a young family as the pregnant wife descends into paranoia and delusion.
This project got the green light!

The MisEducation of Bindu
Indianapolis, Indiana• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
Thrust into American public school by her mother’s new marriage, a wide-eyed Indian teen teams up with a band geek to survive.
This project got the green light!

Lost Bayou
Lafayette, Louisiana• Film Feature
Drama, Family
A struggling addict ventures out into the Louisiana swamp to discover that her estranged faith healer father is hiding a troubling secret.
This project got the green light!

Little Evil Bookshop
Seattle, Washington• Film Feature
Comedy, Satire
When the world's most powerful occult leader visits a modest mystic bookshop, its owner must impress him at all costs.
This project got the green light!

Stormie
Santa Maria, California• Film Feature
Biography, Drama
An adopted Hispanic teenager looks for his birth family in an attempt to find his place of belonging.
This project got the green light!

Bring Me an Avocado
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Drama
When a violent encounter leaves Robin in a coma, her family ventures to maintain normalcy for her children while managing their own grief.
This project got the green light!

A Room Full of Nothing
Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Adventure, Romance
In this Swiss Army Man meets Eternal Sunshine adventure an artistic couple's life takes a bizarre turn when they wake up alone in the world.
This project got the green light!
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nēar
Stockton, California• Film Feature
Crime, Drama
"nēar" follows 17-year-old Julian upon his escape from the hospital on Christmas Eve, the day which is literally the last day of his life.
This project got the green light!

The Place in Between
Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
What could possibly go wrong when a mom and her teenage daughter meet for the first time on a road trip across TX? . . . Everything.
This project got the green light!

I'll Be Around
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Comedy
Against the backdrop of a post-punk music festival, a handful of 30-somethings deal with a wide variety of social and philosophical issues
This project got the green light!

ACID TEST (feature development)
Houston, Texas• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
The absurdly dramatic coming-of-age story of a teenage girl who launches a rebellion when she drops acid and goes home to her parents.
This project got the green light!

This Is Our Home
Media, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
A struggling couple's weekend getaway goes awry when a child arrives in the middle of the night claiming he's their son.
This project got the green light!

High Note
Friday Harbor, Washington• Film Feature
Crime, Musical
Just your everyday druggie, dramedy, indie musical filled to the brim with Germans, Jesus, banjos, bongos, and backstabbings.
This project got the green light!
Test: A Classic American Story....On Steroids
New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County• Film Feature
Sport, LGBTQ
A young bodybuilder living in Ohio defies his religious mother when he follows the county's best coach into a world of steroid abuse
This project got the green light!

The Atavist
Pittsfield, Berkshire County• Film Feature
Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman travels to the past, but when the things she leaves alter history, she must get them back to save the future.
This project got the green light!

D.I.Y.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Comedy, LGBTQ
A queer couple is determined to tie the knot their own way.
This project got the green light!

Big Dog City
San Francisco, California• Film Feature
Drama, Other
Set within Bay Area art/slacker culture, we follow two characters as they weave across a place and identity which doesn't fit them anymore.
This project got the green light!

What Lies West
Santa Rosa, California• Film Feature
Adventure, Drama
Two girls desperate to create their own adventure set out into the wilderness of California on a daring hike to the coast.
This project got the green light!

"SURE-FIRE" - Development Funding Phase II
New York City, New York• Film Feature
Comedy, Crime
SURE-FIRE is a comedy about a NYC con man having a mid-life crisis who stumbles into becoming a movie producer to pay off gangsters.
This project got the green light!

Palace
Bloomington, Indiana• Film Feature
Drama
The family-fractured lives of a stubborn mechanic, a retired widower, and a repressed college student intertwine at a bar in rural Indiana.
This project got the green light!

Bedsheet Man
Bradenton, Florida• Film Feature
Comedy, Drama
A middle aged man looses his son to suicide only to find a strange way to cope with his grief. He becomes the superhero that his son always
This project got the green light!

White Death
Needham, Norfolk County• Film Feature
Drama
A construction worker tries to leave the family business to pursue his life long dream of making a documentary about great white sharks.
This project got the green light!

Epiphany
Tarpon Springs, Florida• Film Feature
Drama, Family
A young girl struggles to create a relationship with her father after the death of her aunt who raised her.
This project got the green light!
Mini Lights
Saint Petersburg, Florida• Film Feature
Horror
A group of skaters roams the haunted nooks of St. Petersburg Fl. where an unquenchable tragedy watches from the darkness waiting for a host.
This project got the green light!

Xerxes
Jersey City, New Jersey• Film Feature
Sci-Fi, Thriller
While recovering at his estranged childhood home from cochlear implant surgery, Xerxes spirals down the rabbit hole and may never climb out.
This project got the green light!

High
Tabernash, Colorado• Film Short
Drama, Experimental
An unnerved young mother and a footloose ski bum unearth suppressed desires in a hazardous twist of encounters.
This project got the green light!

worst.christmas.ever.
Youngstown, Ohio• Film Feature
Comedy, Teen
A dark comedy about a 15-year-old girl whose entire world falls apart after she discovers that she's pregnant on Christmas Eve.
This project got the green light!

A Stray Ember
Lancaster, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Drama, Thriller
The agoraphobic victim of a home invasion takes to the road in a motor home, but a figure from her past threatens her new found freedom.
This project got the green light!

Just Like The Men
Bellingham, Washington• Film Feature
Comedy, History
Two girls find a lost screenplay and decide to give history the middle finger.
This project got the green light!

Minneapolis (the movie)
Minneapolis, Minnesota• Film Feature
Comedy, Family
A cocky news anchor team gets stuck "mentoring" an at-risk teen. Shenanigans and dastardly weather conditions ensue…
This project got the green light!

WILLIE, JAMALEY & THE CACACOON
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania• Film Feature
Adventure, Comedy
Two misfits adventure out to prove the existence of a local mythological creature.
This project got the green light!

The Blue Whale
Catoosa, Oklahoma• Film Feature
Teen, Drama
In 1980's rural Oklahoma a teenage boy meets a girl from California who helps him break out of his shell and learn the truth of his heritage
This project got the green light!

Fantastic Santa Monaco
Los Angeles, California• Film Feature
Drama, Satire
A film about a group of performance artists who are looking for love, connection and significance in Los Angeles.
This project got the green light!

Seek Help (Season 2)
Springfield, Greene County• Series
Drama, Romantic Comedy
Dr. Pinkett was a child genius, a psychologist, and a husband. Now, he's a walking scandal with a vengeful ex-wife, a beard, and a tail.
This project got the green light!

The Invaders
New York City, New York• Film Short
Horror, Thriller
When a girl is followed on her way home, she finds herself facing a sinister force that threatens her entire existence.
This project got the green light!

Solomon
Detroit, Michigan• Film Feature
Drama
A young, white writer struggling after his child's death and a failed marriage, stumbles across a retired, black psychiatrist in Detroit.
This project got the green light!

Ghost Girl
New York City, New York• Series
Comedy, Musical
Ghost Girl, Jess, navigates the afterlife and helps BFFL, Emma Leigh, through the 5 Stages of Grief with songs, snacks, sleepovers & more.
This project got the green light!

Sylphvania Grove
New York City, New York• Film Short
Adventure, Fantasy
A troubled girl follows a magical being into the woods where her fears take on fantastical forms.
This project got the green light!

The Golden Rut
Austin, Texas• Film Feature
Comedy
Austin’s finest actor is inspired to take his career up a notch when he falls for a beautiful and independent business woman.
This project got the green light!

ACID TEST (short film)
Houston, Texas• Film Short
Drama, Family
A short film about dropping acid and going home to your parents! Trip alongside Jenny as her concert night turns into family absurdity.
This project got the green light!

Break
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Comedy, Drama
Sometimes a door opens where you least expect it…
This project got the green light!
Kinesthesia
Los Angeles, California• Film Short
Drama, Shorts Program
Frustrated at her inability to accurately remember a particular time of happiness in her life, Minny sets out to find it again.
This project got the green light!

Across The Tracks
Atlanta, Georgia• Film Short
Drama, Family
In 1960s GA, a young mixed girl decides to pass for white, a choice that follows her for many years.
This project got the green light!

Directed by Women
United States
Global Celebration
Inviting the world to fall madly in love with & wildly celebrate women filmmakers & their films.
This project got the green light!

TurtleDove Films
Austin, Texas• Company
Film-related Business
If you're here for a follow back, we'd rather you follow "A Room Full of Nothing" - that is the only campaign we actively update.
This project got the green light!