Mary Kerr is a seasoned film professional with over 20 years experience in editing, documentary producing, and festival programming. She was part of the inaugural Karen Schmeer Diversity in the Edit Room program and has most recently worked on the upcoming films Untitled Zohran Mamdani (dir. Julia Bacha), Speedbag (dir. Alexandra Berger & Avi Weider), and ‘99 Snapshots (dir. Michael Berman). Her past work includes Beyond the Headlines (dir. James Blue, 2025), Qatar Stars (dir. Danielle Beverly, 2023), Boycott (dir. Julia Bacha, 2021), Simple as Water (dir. Megan Mylan, 2021), Love, Gilda (dir: Lisa D’Apolito, 2018), Aggie (dir. Catherine Gund, 2020), and Hold Your Fire (dir. Stefan Forbes, 2021), as well as various other projects (shorts, trailers, sample scenes, proof of concept, branded content, etc).
Mary also produced the documentaries Instructions on Parting (dir: Amy Jenkins, 2018) and One Cut, One Life (dir: Lucia Small and Ed Pincus, 2014). She previously served as Executive Director of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, held leadership positions at Creative Capital and Scandinavia House, and has programmed for the Sundance, Los Angeles, and Silverdocs film festivals. She has served on funding panels for the NEA, NYSCA, ITVS, and POV, and juries for the Ashland, Full Frame, Sarasota, and Nordisk Panorama film festivals, amongst others. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Maryland and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Mary Kerr
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