Mary Beth Fielder

Mary Beth Fielder is an American 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.

Biography Fielder began her academic career at the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in fine arts.

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. The workshops took place in Kibera, where she taught scriptwriting to fifty students for the Hot Sun Foundation.

Fielder co-wrote and produced two feature films. Wild About Harry (2009) tells the story of a teenage girl who discovers a shocking secret about her recently widowed father. The film was awarded "Best of Fest" at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the filmmakers also received a special award from the City of Palm Springs for their efforts in fighting homophobia. Togetherness Supreme (2010) is the first feature film shot entirely in Kibera, Kenya, and tells a story of intertribal conflict and reconciliation set against the backdrop of the contested presidential election in 2007. The film won two awards at the 2010 Africa Movie Academy Awards, and in February 2011 won Best International Feature Film Award at the 26th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Fielder is a member of the Writers Guild of America, the Directors Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.