Caterina Maria De Nave ONZM (23 February 1947 – 17 August 2014) was a New Zealand television and film producer, director, and media executive.
De Nave spent time in Australia, consulting soap experts at Grundy Television, in preparation for launching the show.
[3] As a director, De Nave directed episodes of Immigrant Nation, Shortland Street, Country GP, Close to Home, and The Topp Twins Election Coverage in 1996.
[3] In 2009, De Nave moved to Sydney, Australia, to a position at public broadcaster SBS, where she produced the drug-smuggling tale Better Man, and the comedy series Legally Brown.
[3] In the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours, De Nave was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to television and film.