Desert Penguin Pictures
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Welcome to Desert Penguin Pictures

Welcome to Desert Penguin PicturesWelcome to Desert Penguin PicturesWelcome to Desert Penguin Pictures

Desert Penguin Pictures is headed by Cathleen O’Connell, an independent documentary producer based in Boston.

Who We Are

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About Cathleen

About Desert Penguins

About Desert Penguins

Cathleen O’Connell is an independent documentary producer based in Boston. Her films shine a light on lesser known but important facets of American culture – stories found when you exit the interstate and pull onto the blue highways and back roads. Her broadcast credits include non-fiction programming for PBS, Animal Planet, The History Channel and Discovery Channel.

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About Desert Penguins

About Desert Penguins

About Desert Penguins

We love deserts and we love penguins, hence Desert Penguin Pictures. (Although someone once said it sounded like a Zen kōan, and we like that as an origin story as well.) Team Desert Penguin is a pool of talented collaborators - a flock of rare birds, although we don't wear tuxedos all that often. (Above is a Scottish penguin at the Edinb

We love deserts and we love penguins, hence Desert Penguin Pictures. (Although someone once said it sounded like a Zen kōan, and we like that as an origin story as well.) Team Desert Penguin is a pool of talented collaborators - a flock of rare birds, although we don't wear tuxedos all that often. (Above is a Scottish penguin at the Edinburgh Zoo. When travelling, Desert Penguins seek out their brothers and sisters around the world.)

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Contact us

About Desert Penguins

Contact us

Whether it's broadcast, digital or print, we'd love to help you tell your story - from production, budgeting, writing to research and archival clearances.  Get in touch with us via the interwebs at this robot-thwarting address: cathleen at desertpenguinpictures dot com. 

What We've Done

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The Perfect Crime (American Experience/ PBS)

The shocking story of Leopold and Loeb and the "Crime of the Century"

Producer/Director

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Ripley: Believe It Or Not (American Experience/PBS)

Biography of Robert "Believe It Or Not" Ripley

Producer/Director/Writer

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War of The Worlds (American Experience/ PBS)

Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast

Producer/Director

Additional Credits/Projects

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Sousa On The Rez

A documentary about contemporary and historical Native American marching bands. A co-production with Vision Maker Media and produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary

Producer/Director/Writer

Additional Credits/Projects

Additional Credits/Projects

Additional Credits/Projects

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The Best Way Is By Hand

  • New England Online Film Festival, 2020  (*Jury Prize - Runner Up Short Docs)
  • GlobeDocs, 2019
  •  IFFBoston, 2019
  •  Femme Film Fest Lowell, 2019
  • Waltham Film Factory Shorts Fest, 2018* (*Film Factory Pick Award)


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Latino Americans (PBS) - Recreations Producer Hours 1 & 2

About Face (VA) - Production Coordinator

God In America (PBS) - Co-Producer Hour 1 & 2

We Shall Remain (PBS) - Co-producer Hour 1

Welcome To The Club: The Women of Rockabilly - Archival Researcher 

River of Song (PBS) - Coordinating Producer 

all sorts of stuff on the IMDB page

Additional Credits/Projects

Additional Credits/Projects

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Time Capsule: Message In A Bottle

The past, present, and future of time capsules

Producer/Director/Writer/Editor 

Screen entire film on YouTube

COMING SOON!

Stay tuned - good stuff in development...

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