Mary Matheson

Mary Matheson is an award-winning immersive director specializing in character-led documentaries, filming in multiple post-conflict zones, focusing on untold stories and under-represented narratives. Her clients have included Sky/Comcast, Google, Lenovo, the United Nations, UK Government, Save the Children and the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. Her work has featured at international film festivals and events eg UN Climate Change Summit, UN General Assembly, Sheffield Doc Festival, Annecy International Animation Festival & EarthX film festival. Most recently, her interactive VR experience about the Yazidis in northern Iraq won the 2022 VR Awards for Social Impact & Best Social Impact experience at the 2023 Telly Awards. She is currently directing an interactive documentary about NASA for Sky/Comcast and her has just released a VR experience about Dutch Holocaust Survivor Rodi Glass, one of a series produced by East City Films for Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. Matheson is Professor of Narrative & Immersive Media at Arizona State University's center for Narrative & Emerging Media in Los Angeles.