Mary Wharton

Award-winning filmmaker Mary Wharton has dedicated her career to making music documentaries. Her films include the acclaimed JIMMY CARTER, ROCK & ROLL PRESIDENT, JOAN BAEZ: HOW SWEET THE SOUND, the Grammy-winning SAM COOKE: LEGEND, ELVIS LIVES!, THE BEATLES REVOLUTION and PHISH: IT. Wharton produced BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: WINGS FOR WHEELS, THE WONDER LIST WITH BILL WEIR, TELL THEM ANYTHING YOU WANT: A PROFILE OF MAURICE SENDAK and countless television documentaries. Her latest feature, TOM PETTY, SOMEWHERE YOU FEEL FREE is the 2021 SXSW Film Festival’s Centerpiece headliner.