Mary Beth Fielder
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Mary Beth Fielder is an American writer, director and producer of television and feature films.[1] She served on the faculty of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts from 1994 to 2009.[citation needed]
Biography
Fielder began her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts.[1] She subsequently moved to New York City and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater under Sanford Meisner.[citation needed] 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 (USC) 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 thirtysomething for ABC television and a number of other series.[citation needed] In 1994, Fielder returned to USC as a full-time faculty member, teaching film directing, screenwriting and acting and serving as the faculty mentor on over 100 student films.[citation needed] She was awarded the Mellon Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 2007 for mentoring undergraduate students and again in 2009 for mentoring graduate students.[2] Fielder has also worked with the Jewish Federation's Tel Aviv/Los Angeles Partnership Program, teaching and writing the curriculum for a Cinema Master Class and coordinating a summer exchange program between Tel Aviv University and USC. In March 2008 she received a U.S. Speakers and Specialists grant to conduct a series of scriptwriting workshops and career mentoring workshops in Nairobi, Kenya.[3] The workshops took place in Kibera, where she taught scriptwriting to fifty students for the Hot Sun Foundation.[1][4] Fielder is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.[citation needed]