Mary Casey

Assistant Director for the nine hour live Earth Day celebration on the Washington Mall. Master of Ceremonies: Chevy Chase. Featured Band: Flaming Lips.

Researched, set up, produced, directed, wrote and produced edits for this one hour documentary about the largest rat in the world. Traveled to the Philippines and captured on videotape for the first time ever a Giant Cloud rat in the wild.

Researched, pitched, set up, field produced, directed and wrote segments about the manufacturing process for items such as traffic lights, John Deere Combines, recycled carpets and cowboy boots. Traveled throughout the U.S. and Mexico for this series.

Wrote one-hour comedies about quirky attributes about animals. The series used Discovery library footage and interviews with comedians.

A one-hour documentary highlighting the deadliest animals in Central and South America. Filmed in the Peruvian Amazon and Costa Rica.

Set up, field produced and wrote segments about how to stage a home when it is put on the market.

Field Produced the National Geographic's EXPLORER: "Attack of the Killer Bees." Filmed all over the United States to show the migration of Africanized Bees.

A one-hour documentary about India's deadliest animals. The premier was the highest rated prime time show that night, surpassing ten networks. It was also National Geographic's highest rating. The DVD was a featured National Geographic gift for more than five years, and had a five-star rating on Amazon.com.

A one-hour documentary highlighting America's deadliest animals and attacks.

Wrote and post produced episodes 2 and 5 for this five part series about young teenagers training and competing in the equestrian competition of the McClay. This series was made into a DVD set and sold in the Discovery Channel stores and website.

Post produced congressional political ads.

Set up, field produced and directed for this series about remodeling garages into a room for a different purpose such as a cabana, a wine cellar or an Irish Pub with a stage. I also co-produced the pilot for this series.

ABC News in Washington, DC (8 years Full-time, then freelance) Shows: Good Morning America, Weekend News, World News Tonight, Nightline and This Week With David Brinkley. Interviewed Al Gore, Henry Kissinger and other well known news-makers. Won a George Foster Peabody and the Alfred duPont Silver Baton Award.

Researched, casted and co-produced the pilot of a series about taking over garages and re-purposing them into a room for a different function.

Set up, field produced, directed and wrote for this 35-hour series about two real estate agents competing to find the perfect place for an individual home buyer. We followed the action from the search to the contract negotiations.

Researched, directed and wrote segments for season one. It was pet communicator Sonya Fitzpatrick's first television experience. In my segments she "communicated" with stunt horses, brown bears, tigers, lions, bulls, a pack of wolves, etc. It was the highest rated show ever produced on Animal Planet at the time.

Produced a one-hour special about the making of the featured documentary "SuperCroc." "The Making of SuperCroc" was created from outtakes from 533 hours of field footage and additional interviews.

Writer, post producer for a magazine show about animals.

Set up and directed Special Forces survival tips for cut-in for National Geographic's show, "Base Line."

Directed the presentation for an American Red Cross conference at the Omni Schorem Hotel.

Created a 30-minute 9-movie screen exhibit about war correspondent stories from the Civil War to the Gulf War. It won the NY Festival's Grand Award; NY Festival's Gold World Medal; The Chris Award's Bronze Plaque (2nd place); MUSE Award; and the Golden Camera Award.

A 9-screen exhibit for the Newseum (A museum about News) about Pulitzer Prize winning photos and photographers. The exhibit told the stories behind the photos.

Four-hour documentary about a ten day, around-the-clock race for international teams of four athletes. Race occurred in Patagonia, Argentina and was created by race director Mark Burnett. I won the NY Film Festival's Silver World Medal for this this production.

Wrote and produced a seven-minute promotional video for The Discovery Channel's advertising department to be used with their advertising sponsor sales pitches.

A one-hour documentary highlighting past Eco-Challenge races in Australia, Canada and Morocco with a look ahead to Argentina. It aired in the weeks prior to the four-hour Eco-Challenge Argentina documentary. I was the only producer or writer on this show, and won the New York Festival's Silver World Medal.

A four-hour documentary about an around-the-clock ten day race through the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains. The race was designed by Mark Burnett who later became a very successful Executive Producer. I won a national Emmy for Program Achievement and the 2000 Banff Rockie Award for Best Sports Program for this production.