Virginia Saenz McCarthy earned her MA in Theology (1985) from St. Mary’s College and taught religious studies at Moreau high school (1981-1988) before transitioning to a career in film, television and commercial production.  After 26 years as a script supervisor, Virginia has over 30 feature films to her credit and has worked with several accomplished film directors, including: Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine; Irrational Man), Spike Lee (Livin’ Da Dream), Philip Kaufman (Hemingway & Gellhorn), Curtis Hanson ; Michael Apted (Chasing Mavericks), Todd Field (Little Children; In the Bedroom) and Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station). In addition, Virginia worked as the main unit script supervisor on all three seasons of HBO’s series LOOKING and the first full season of Thirteen Reasons Why. 

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For 22 years, Virginia has taught a course on independent film and the mythic dimensions of film at St. Mary’s College and has taken her students to the Sundance Film Festival.  In 2010, Virginia produced the independent feature film: Love, Concord - overseeing the project from script development and pre-production through production, post, and distribution.  Currently, Virginia is in post-production on her first short film : ALTAR+CATION: The Musical!