Mary Kolonia
- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Mary has 25 years of hands-on experience in Communications, Entertainment and Producing. She has a wide experience in all aspects of the Film Industry (exhibition, distribution, acquisition, production). She has worked for a number of blue-chip companies in Greece, Indonesia and Mexico including DDB GREECE, GREY INDONESIA, JAKART FESTIVAL INDONESIA, WARNER ROADSHOW GREECE, VILLAGE ROADSHOW GREECE, ATTIKA GREECE, PIECE OF CAKE GREECE and is founder of award-winning events production house KIDARTE.
Mary is a screenwriter and published novelist and has also written TV series and a theatre play. Her first short film "The Armchair on the Pavement" as Writer-Director-Producer, financed by Hellenic Broadcast Corporation (ERT) premiered in Drama Int'l Short Film Festival and ever since it has been screened and awarded internationally.
Her second short film "Recreation Permit" is currently in development funded by COSMOTE TV.
Mary holds a degree in Law from the University of Athens, Greece, an MSc in Marketing from the University of Stirling, Scotland and has been further educated in Digital Marketing in Harvard Business School. Her vocational training in cinema includes studies in Cinematography and Film Direction (Sundance Institute, New York Film Academy/ LaFemis) and several seminars on Story Development, Imagery, Screenwriting and Film Directing by Robert McKee and SCRIPT FACTORY U.K.
Mary has worked in development and production accounts for Piece of Cake. She is in charge to develop short, feature films and TV series that can break their national barriers and unite audiences through brave storytelling, among which the mini series BABYTHON (1st Award Pitching Forum SERIENCAMP, 2023), THE INTERN (feature by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, GFC-ERT) and TEKTITE (short, GFC - ERT, Smaragda Nitsopoulou, 2024.)
In 2023 she founded the production house LUCID DREAMERS and currently she develops two feature films, two short films and a TV Series.
Mary is Secretary General at WIFTGR and is Executive Creative Producer at the Anafi Int'l Film Festival.
Mary speaks English, French, Spanish and Indonesian.
Her second short film "Recreation Permit" is currently in development funded by COSMOTE TV.
Mary holds a degree in Law from the University of Athens, Greece, an MSc in Marketing from the University of Stirling, Scotland and has been further educated in Digital Marketing in Harvard Business School. Her vocational training in cinema includes studies in Cinematography and Film Direction (Sundance Institute, New York Film Academy/ LaFemis) and several seminars on Story Development, Imagery, Screenwriting and Film Directing by Robert McKee and SCRIPT FACTORY U.K.
Mary has worked in development and production accounts for Piece of Cake. She is in charge to develop short, feature films and TV series that can break their national barriers and unite audiences through brave storytelling, among which the mini series BABYTHON (1st Award Pitching Forum SERIENCAMP, 2023), THE INTERN (feature by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos, GFC-ERT) and TEKTITE (short, GFC - ERT, Smaragda Nitsopoulou, 2024.)
In 2023 she founded the production house LUCID DREAMERS and currently she develops two feature films, two short films and a TV Series.
Mary is Secretary General at WIFTGR and is Executive Creative Producer at the Anafi Int'l Film Festival.
Mary speaks English, French, Spanish and Indonesian.
