Mary Wells

  • Mary  Wells
© Mary Wells
Writer, Chief executive officer (ceo)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv


Mary Wells is an independent Director /writer and Producer currently based in Jamaica. She has worked for government broadcasting, US cable TV, a private production company and has some twenty years experience in Television and Film production. She is constantly doing production work of all kinds and has developed, produced and directed films for mainly the Caribbean region, specialising in many documentary works. She studied in the USA, did Television Production and the Theatre Arts.  Among the many films she has Directed, Wrote and Produced: 



"KINGSTON PARADISE" (2009).  Her first feature length movie, now in post-production. It takes us through the chaotic violent lives of disenfranchised youth in Jamaica...  "NOW JIMMY!" (1999).  A short documentary that explores land rights issues.  Awarded: "Outstanding Documentary from the Caribbean" by the Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jamerican Film & Music Festival.  Accepted in the prestigious "Toronto Int'l Film Festival", 2002.  Also chosen by UNESCO to be a part of an int'l selection of films for the new Radio-Television Afghanistan.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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