Catherine Winder is the executive producer at Lucasfilm Animation, where she oversees development and production on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated television series; she also served as a producer for the 2008 film of the same name. Winder is a native of Toronto, Canada and began her film career in Japan, which she later said helped her in adopting anime and manga elements into the unique Clone Wars animation style.[1]
She is the co-author with Zahra Dowlatabadi of Producing Animation, Focal Press 2001, ISBN 0240804120
Winder is currentley president of Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment.