About

Reinhard Cate is a Filipino-American writer, producer and director. As a former journalist and researcher, his work has taken him around the world including to two conflict zones. Reinhard’s photo, video, and written work appears regularly for Ripple Labs and has previously appeared in the BBC World News, ABC News, Frontline World, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, the New York Post, the New York Daily News and Alpinist Magazine.

He’s also directed two documentaries. “A Divided House” was shot and edited during graduate school at NYU and focused on the conflict over settlements in the West Bank. Another documentary called Soccer Without Borders, highlighted the program of the same name that assists refugee and immigrant children.

Before his work in storytelling, Reinhard has had a diverse career working previously as an immigration law paralegal for Catholic Charities, and as a researcher and development economist. His research as a graduate student and a government employee has focused on income inequality, the unbanked, armed conflict and foreign direct investment.

As a reseacher with the U.S. Department of Defense in Afghanistan, Reinhard worked on the ground and advised Special Forces teams from 2011-2012. The experience was the basis for his script Outside the Wire, which was an AFF Second Rounder and an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Top 10% in 2020 and Top 20% in 2021 as well as placements in Screencraft and The Script Lab contests. His other scripts “Terp” an interpreter driven thriller and “First Ascent” a horror thriller set on the world’s highest unclimbed peak have placed in Screencraft, Final Draft’s Big Break and the Page International Screenwriting Awards.

Currently, Reinhard works for Ripple where he’s helped shape the company’s video and photo, and podcast content as a Manager for Media production. He’s created external video series for the company and leads major production around the world as an executive producer and director for events, customer testimonials and short documentaries.

Reinhard holds a B.S. in Political Science from Santa Clara University, an M.A. in Journalism from New York University and an M.S. in Development Economics from the University of San Francisco. When Reinhard isn’t working or writing, he’s either spending time with his wife and two children or surfing.