Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau Bio

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau is a mom, wife and former drug pusher (legally) turned filmmaker. At 35, with no prior filmmaking experience, she wrote, directed, and co-produced the independent feature film Side Effects as well as the award-winning documentary Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety. These two independent feature films have received international acclaim.

Kathleen has learned first hand how to rock the boat and shake things up. From drugs, to film, to radio...Kathleen's journey has been anything but a straight path. Here is her story...

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau grew up in the small town of Ladysmith, Wisconsin. A collegiate racquetball player, she graduated with a Political Science degree from the University of Wisconsin. After college, Kathleen spent a decade working for the pharmaceutical industry as a drug sales representative. During this time, she documented both amusing and frightening incidents about the marketing tactics of Big Pharma. In an effort to raise public awareness, Kathleen wrote a screenplay based on these experiences and left her career in the pharmaceutical industry.

When her LA agent wanted her to dumb down the script into a generic Hollywood story to make it more appealing to the studios, Kathleen decided to take a leap of faith and make the film herself. She raised the funding within a month, cast Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy) as the lead, and filmed in less than 16 days in and around Madison, Wisconsin. The independent feature film Side Effects was Kathleen’s debut as a director and opened to unprecedented international press attention.

Because of the questions posed by enthusiastic Side Effects audiences, Kathleen felt compelled to take a more comprehensive, academic approach to the topic of pharmaceutical marketing tactics for her second film, Money Talks: Profits Before Patient Safety. Featuring interviews with investigative journalists and medical professionals from Harvard, Columbia and UCLA, the film is a straight-shooting documentary that delves deeper into the issues.

Seen by the media as an expert in her field, Kathleen's credentials include interviews featured in The New York Times, USA Today, CNN, CBS News, The Economist, Atlantic Monthly, British Medical Journal, The Lancet and Financial Times, as well as in The Associated Press, NPR and many other media outlets worldwide. She has also been invited to speak across the country about her inspirational journey and on various health and wellness topics.

Kathleen is currently writing two other scripts and was selected by The MGH Institute of Health Professions, Inc. to film a Continuing Medical Education documentary that will be used by medical professionals throughout the United States.

Most recently Kathleen launched The Kathleen Show, a nationally syndicated talk radio show. The show is a continuation of her efforts to provide important information about prevention and alternative health in an entertaining format. She has interviewed impressive national guests such as Claudia Wallis, Editor-at-Large at TIME, Gunnar Peterson, personal trainer to the stars, Rebecca Walker, bestselling author, award-winning visionary and Christian Northrup MD, women's health pioneer and New York Times bestselling author.

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