Katherine Stenholm

As a high school student during the Depression, she supplemented her family's income by writing movie reviews for a local newspaper.

[2][3] At BJC, she majored in speech and became a private student of Bob Jones Jr., eventually helping him direct Shakespearean plays.

After earning her undergraduate degree, she served on the BJC speech faculty while attending graduate school at Northwestern University for twelve summers.

Stenholm then attended summer film school at the University of Southern California, making important professional contacts and serving an internship with Stanley Kramer.

The selection committee thought Wine of Morning would demonstrate the excellence of American cinema training and the film's frank religious message would "provide a revealing contrast to the entries from Russia and the other Communist-dominated countries.