Mary Mazzio

Mary Mazzio director of the new documentary film I Am Jane Doe hails from a highly accomplished and diverse background Mazzio is a force to be reckoned with whether shes navigating the Charles River in a rowing shell she was a 1992 Olympian negotiating a corporate contract on Bostons State Street she is a former partner with the law firm Brown Rudnick or collaborating with the White House to make a film that helps fund STEM education for underrepresented students as she did with her last film Underwater Dreams Always concerned with social causes Mazzio did pro bono legal work for the homeless She noticed a commonality facing her clients and decided she could be more effective bringing their stories to a wider audience through film To that end she left the law firm to pursue her new career as a filmmaker and founded 50 Eggs Inc an independent film production company dedicated to creating films with social impact In all of Mazzios films her mission is to shed light on compelling narratives of social significance making her one of the countrys prominent filmmakers promoting stories of diversity