Maria Finitzo

Maria Finitzo is a three-time Peabody Award-winning filmmaker who has won every major broadcast award including most recently the Alfred E duPont Award. Her films have screened in festivals around the world. A coming of age story that reveals the resilience of adolescent girls (5 Girls), a father determined to heal his daughter after a tragic accident (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita) investigates the role of science in a democratic society, a young man, leaving foster care (With No Direction Home) explores the challenges of trying to find one's place in the world, a soccer coach committed to teaching his players - Hispanic girls - about winning in life (In the Game), and a young couple, both working minimum wage jobs struggling to make ends meet (Hard- Earned ) are all films that explore different realms of storytelling by investigating the important social issues of the day. She is an associate of four-time Oscar nominated Kartemquin Films, one of the most respected social issue documentary film companies in the country. Finitzo is also a screenwriter and fiction film director. In 2014, she founded Film. She is currently in post-production on THE DILEMMA OF DESIRE, a feature length documentary that explores female sexual desire and women's equality. She is a 2018 Film Independent Fellow.