(Director/Producer/Writer: documentary in development)
Summary
Emmy® Nominated & Award Winning Filmmaker: Maria~Elena started her career in college with news service agency, Reuters Television.She went on to work for CBS, NBC Universal, Discovery Networks, E! Entertainment and now runs Emerging Creation Prds.
Credits
6/20 – Current
Director (Producer, Writer) – Dear Bill (working title)
Film (Feature-length) — Emerging Creation Productions LLC Details
6/20 – Current
10/20 – 10/21
Co-Producer (Co Director) – Junipero Serra documentary
TV — Client: Paulist Productions Details
10/20 – 10/21
(documentary in development)
1/19 – 1/20
Producer – Father Bud: Hollywood Priest (Emmy® Nominated)
APT/PBS — Film (Feature-length) — Client: Paulist Productions Details
1/19 – 1/20
Producer of feature documentary about Father Bud Kieser, founder of Paulist Productions. - PBS SoCal Premiere August 8, 2022 - Winner Best Documentary Gabriel Awards 2022 - Winner Best Documentary CiMA Awards 2022 - World Premiere/ Official Selection 2021 DancesWithFilms Film Festival - Official Selection 2021 Newport Beach Film Festival - Official Selection 2021 Tiburon International Film Festival
1/19 – 12/19
Producer – Insight Retrospective (Season 1)
Digital — TV — Paulist Productions Details
1/19 – 12/19
•"Insight Retrospective" - Producer - Documentary-Series - Client: Paulist Productions (in post-production) "Insight Retrospective" is a docu-series celebrating the impact, talent, and message of "Insight", a weekly anthology series produced by Roman Catholic priest Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser, known as the "Hollywood Priest" and founder of Paulist Productions. We sit down for one-on-one interviews with some of the people involved: Martin Sheen, Marion Ross, John Amos, Ed Begley, Jr.,Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Catherine Hicks, Tim Matheson, Lee Purcell, Marcia Rodd, Christine Avila, John Sacret Young, and Robert Butler. Their behind-the scene stories illuminate what made the series so impactful and Father Kieser a tour de force in Hollywood.
1/16 – 1/16
Producer – Buttermilk Truck
buttermilk-inc.com — Digital — Emerging Creation Productions LLC Details
1/16 – 1/16
Produced branded cooking segments for the company The Buttermilk Truck.
1/15 – 3/15
Field Producer – Legacy Leaders of Color
TV — Theatre Communications Group/ Moped Productions/ R & D Media Details
1/15 – 3/15
Field Producer for Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project - Documentary Profile of Luis Valdez, El Teatro Campesino
8/13 – 12/13
Writer – Reelkandi.tv
Internet — Digital — Reelkandi.tv Details
8/13 – 12/13
Writer of Fashion and Beauty News Segments
5/12 – 5/12
Writer – Making of Transformers the Ride 3D
NBC — TV — Universal Studios Hollywood
5/12 – 5/12
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Education
Pepperdine University
Telecommunications (Broadcast Journalism), B.A.
Pepperdine University
Spanish, B.A
Skills
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