Cynthia J. Popp

'Cynthia J. Popp' (qv) is a producer and director of _The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)_ (qv), having worked on the show since its beginnings and risen through the ranks of the production company.Popp is a native Californian, who grew up watching TV & films, always with an interest in this field. While in college, she majored in communications with an emphasis in radio, television & film and volunteered for as many hands-on internships as she could. For almost three years, Popp drove from Orange County to Lake Arrowhead every Saturday to work as a camera operator and later to direct, edit and produce a church mass which aired on four cable companies for their shut-in viewers. After completing college, Popp worked at CBS for 1 1/2 years before becoming the first person hired by the Bell family to work on the new daytime drama, _The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)_ (qv).In agreeing to take the job of office manager with the fledgling production company, Popp asked that she also be given the opportunity to train as a production assistant in the director's control booth. She eventually held almost every job in the company, becoming an associate director in the mid-1990s before rising to the level of producer (2000) and director (2001) of the long-running series. Popp has also produced music videos for 'John McCook' (qv), 'Bobbie Eakes' (qv) & 'Jeff Trachta' (qv) and helped launch the newest soap opera _Passions (1999)_ (qv) in 1999, directing the second show plus four other full episodes and parts of fifteen others - this being her debut as a director. Popp has also directed in prime-time for the award winning sitcom _Frasier (1993)_ (qv). Popp enjoys traveling and spending time with friends and family, especially her daughter Nicole.::Torsten B. Tomaschek