FILMMAKER AND PROFESSOR
Mary Posatko is an LA-based filmmaker and professor originally from Delaware, with a focus on issues of social, economic, racial and environmental justice. Mary has directed and produced award-winning films including TARGET ZERO, ALL FALL DOWN, AIN’T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH: A FILM ABOUT LEVON HELM, and PITSTOP; as well as content for clients including Vanguard Records, the Rutgers Protein Data Bank, Levon Helm, Josie Maran, and Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services.
Mary’s films have screened theatrically and in US and international film festivals including SXSW, CPH:DOX, LAFF, Maryland, Nashville, IDFA, and Gotenburg, among others. She is an alumna of IFP Spotlight on Documentaries, Good Pitch, and the Chicken & Egg Labs, and her films have received support from the San Diego State University Research Foundation, the IDA Pare Lorentz Award, Chicken & Egg, the San Francisco Film Society and the Abell Foundation, among others.
Mary moved to Los Angeles as an Americorps volunteer, working as a homeless intake counselor on LA’s Skid Row, before becoming a producer on KCRW and PRI’s TO THE POINT, WHICH WAY, LA?, and KCRW’s beloved GOOD FOOD. She received her BA in history from Brown University and her MFA from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, and she is currently on faculty as the head of documentary filmmaking at San Diego State University.
Mary lives in South Pasadena with her husband, two teenaged sons, two cats, and a Goldendoodle named Marcy.
FILMOGRAPHY
AIN'T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH (2012)
COMMERCIALS
SEPHORA PRESENTS JOSIE MARAN, LUXURY WITH A CONSCIENCE
Music videos
ONLY HALFWAY HOME (VANGUARD RECORDS)
