Mary Mazzio is a renowned documentary film director, Olympic athlete, and former law firm partner who serves as Founder and CEO of 50 Eggs, Inc., an independent film production company dedicated to creating socially impactful films.
Mazzio has written, directed, and produced numerous highly-acclaimed and award-winning films, including I AM JANE DOE, Underwater Dreams, TEN9EIGHT, A Hero for Daisy, Apple Pie, and I am Little Red. Her most recent documentary, A Most Beautiful Thing, narrated by Common, won a 2021 Gracie Award and received nominations for several other prestigious awards.
Mazzio's work has been featured on various media outlets, including The TODAY Show, The Colbert Report, NBC Nightly News, The New Yorker, Esquire, Vogue, Cosmo, People Magazine, Elle, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Fortune, Time Magazine, USA Today, Business Week, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, The Economist, WIRED, The Los Angeles Times, Variety, The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, The Hollywood Reporter, The Film Journal, AP, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, the Seattle Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Village Voice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, CBS Early Morning, Morning Joe, ABC News Now, CNN Sunday Morning, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Business News, PBS Nightly News Report, CNN Headline News, BBC World News, NPR, and All in with Chris Hayes, ESPN's Sports Center, among others.
Mazzio is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Georgetown Law School. Her story has been chronicled in the books One Person, Multiple Careers by Marci Alboher and 168 Hours by Laura Vanderkam.