Mary Beth Fielder is an American filmmaker with over twenty years
experience as a writer, director and producer of television and
feature films. She served on the faculty of the University of Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts from 1994 to 2009.Fielder began
her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she
graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts. She subsequently
moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood
Playhouse School for the Theater under the famous actor and teacher
Sanford Meisner. After three years working in New York theater, she
was accepted to the Master of Fine Arts Program in Film Production at
the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. In the
following years, Fielder wrote several scripts for studios such as
Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. She also
directed one of America's most popular television dramas,
thirtysomething for ABC television as well as various other series for
American television.In 1994, Fielder returned to USC as a full-time
faculty member where she taught film directing, screenwriting and
acting and served as the faculty mentor on over 100 student films. She
developed innovative strategies for teaching ethics and collaboration
in the filmmaking process and was twice awarded the Mellon Award for
Excellence in Mentoring: in 2007 for mentoring undergraduate students
and again in 2009 for mentoring graduate students. This award
recognizes faculty for offering sound counsel, sharing time and
expertise, serving as a role model, creating an engaged academic
community, and promoting awareness of the men and women they
mentor.Fielder also has been active in promoting cross-cultural
dialogue In conjunction with The Jewish Federation's Tel Aviv/Los
Angeles Partnership Program, she taught and helped develop the
curriculum for a Cinema Master Class and coordinated a summer exchange
program between Tel Aviv University and USC. In March 2008 she was
awarded a U.S. Speakers and Specialists grant to conduct a series of
scriptwriting workshops and career mentoring workshops in Nairobi,
Kenya. The workshops took place in Kibera, one of the largest slums in
Africa where she taught scriptwriting to fifty youths from the slums
with Hot Sun Foundation.
experience as a writer, director and producer of television and
feature films. She served on the faculty of the University of Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts from 1994 to 2009.Fielder began
her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she
graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts. She subsequently
moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood
Playhouse School for the Theater under the famous actor and teacher
Sanford Meisner. After three years working in New York theater, she
was accepted to the Master of Fine Arts Program in Film Production at
the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. In the
following years, Fielder wrote several scripts for studios such as
Universal Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. She also
directed one of America's most popular television dramas,
thirtysomething for ABC television as well as various other series for
American television.In 1994, Fielder returned to USC as a full-time
faculty member where she taught film directing, screenwriting and
acting and served as the faculty mentor on over 100 student films. She
developed innovative strategies for teaching ethics and collaboration
in the filmmaking process and was twice awarded the Mellon Award for
Excellence in Mentoring: in 2007 for mentoring undergraduate students
and again in 2009 for mentoring graduate students. This award
recognizes faculty for offering sound counsel, sharing time and
expertise, serving as a role model, creating an engaged academic
community, and promoting awareness of the men and women they
mentor.Fielder also has been active in promoting cross-cultural
dialogue In conjunction with The Jewish Federation's Tel Aviv/Los
Angeles Partnership Program, she taught and helped develop the
curriculum for a Cinema Master Class and coordinated a summer exchange
program between Tel Aviv University and USC. In March 2008 she was
awarded a U.S. Speakers and Specialists grant to conduct a series of
scriptwriting workshops and career mentoring workshops in Nairobi,
Kenya. The workshops took place in Kibera, one of the largest slums in
Africa where she taught scriptwriting to fifty youths from the slums
with Hot Sun Foundation.
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