Hugh Campbell

The initial inspiration for writing a carpe diem drama came from the Fisherman’s Parable. The idea that a village fisherman would be encouraged to turn his subsistence fishing into big business just to one day afford the life he was already living, struck me as a perfect movie premise. That seed that birthed Catch of the Day grew out of my life-long interest in stories grounded in spiritual principles – while also shaped by the everyday spirituality program Receive Your Life developed by my wife, Janice Campbell, which helps people live true to their unique, divine essence in each and every moment.

After receiving a BA degree from UC Berkeley in 1986, I extensively studied the writings of mythologist Joseph Campbell who famously consulted George Lucas on the Hero’s Journey for Lucas’ original Star Wars movies. In addition, I’ve studied film story structure under Robert McKee and Dara Marks.

The first feature-length screenplay I co-wrote, 65 Roses, is  the true-life story of a young female race car driver with Cystic Fibrosis trying to outrace death that was optioned by Hallmark Media. My second screenplay, Bagpipes, tells the story of an Irish transplant, old-world father and his cutting-edge Cardiologist son – both physicians in Boston – who struggle with their humanity in cold, technical modern medicine. And of course, now female-driven Catch of the Day.

Previously I worked as a Writer, Director and Producer in the San Francisco Bay Area on projects for a Who’s-Who of Fortune 500 companies such as Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Applied Materials, Chevron, SunPower, Genentech, Wells Fargo Bank, and Gap to name a few. From 1997 to 2000, I managed the film and video department at InVision Communications, the largest event and communications company in Northern California.

As mentioned above, I am also a dedicated partner to my wife of thirty-plus years and a proud father of our three now grown children. Both my personal and professional experiences have shaped the types of inspiring slice of life movies I am passionately committed to bringing to the screen.