Maro Chermayeff
Birth Name:
Maro Chermayeff
Profession
Producer, Director, Editor, Writer, Costume designer
Fast Facts
- Graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in history and film in 1984
- Quote: "As documentarians, we're not always objective․ We get involved in the action, we have a point of view, there's a specific story we're telling․ At the same time ․․․ [it's] our job to try to tell the full story․"
- Best known as a documentary producer and director who created "Half the Sky" and "Circus․"
- Founder and Chairwoman of the MFA program in social documentary at The School of Visual Arts
- Was a senior programming executive and network consultant for A&E Television during the early 2000s
Awards
- 2002Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality):Nominated
- 2004Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Nonfiction Series:Nominated
- 2012Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking:Nominated
- 2013Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary:Nominated
- 2013Emmy - Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming:Winner
- 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Series for Broadcast:Nominated
- 2021Independent Spirit Award - Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series:Nominated
- 2021Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture):Nominated
- 2021IDA Award - Best Multi-Part Documentary:Winner
- 2022IDA Award - Best Multi-Part Documentary:Nominated
- 2023Emmy - Outstanding Historical Documentary:Winner