FILMMAKER AND PROFESSOR
Mary Posatko is an LA-based filmmaker and professor originally from Delaware. Mary has directed and produced award-winning films including TARGET ZERO, ALL FALL DOWN, and AIN’T IN IT FOR MY HEALTH: A FILM ABOUT LEVON HELM. Her most recent documentary about the place of faith in our modern world, IN A WINTRY SEASON, had its world premiere at the Krakow Film Festival in May, 2024 and has its US premiere at Cinequest in March, 2025.
Mary’s films have screened theatrically and in US and international film festivals including SXSW, CPH:DOX, Los Angeles FF, Maryland, Middleburg, Nashville, IDFA, and Gothenburg. 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. She is currently Assistant Professor and the head of documentary filmmaking at San Diego State University.
Mary lives in South Pasadena with her husband, two teenaged sons, two cats, a Goldendoodle named Franny, and a doodly-mutt named Josie. She is a proud - and officially documented on the public record - tree hugger.
