Hugh Campbell

The initial concept for Catch of the Day came from the Fisherman’s Parable. The idea that a village fisherman would be encouraged to turn his subsistence fishing into big business so he could one day afford to buy the life he was already living, seemed to me a perfect premise for an inspirational drama. It also fits with my lifelong interest in spiritually grounded storytelling.

After earning a BA from UC Berkeley, I studied myth and story through the work of Joseph Campbell, as well as screenwriting with Robert McKee and Dara Marks.

My first feature screenplay I co-wrote, 65 Roses, is  the true-life story of a young female race car driver with Cystic Fibrosis that was option by Hallmark Media. My second screenplay, Bagpipes, is about an Irish transplant, old-world father and his cutting-edge Cardiologist son who struggle with their humanity in technical modern medicine. Catch of the Day continues this thread, centering on a woman at a turning point between security and what calls the heart.

Earlier in my career, I worked as a writer, director and producer in the San Francisco Bay Area on projects for companies like Oracle, Applied Materials, Chevron, SunPower, Genentech, and Gap to name a few. I am also a dedicated partner to my wife of thirty-plus years and proud father of our three now grown children. Both my personal and professional experiences have shaped the types of inspiring, human stories I feel called to bring to the screen.