Mary Olive Smith has produced, directed and written prime-time documentaries for major television broadcasters including the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channels, The History Channel and Canal+.
Her work has taken her to more than 30 countries, and her travels to Ethiopia for the making of A WALK TO BEAUTIFUL mark her fifth time filming in sub-Saharan Africa. She spent six months in Senegal making a documentary about ethnic conflict there.
Mary Olive has a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and received the Best Documentary award from Columbia?s Graduate School of Journalism in 1996, the same year she joined Engel Entertainment.
