About 50 Eggs

Mary Mazzio, an award-winning documentary film director, Olympic athlete, and former law firm partner, is the Founder and CEO of 50 Eggs, Inc., an independent film production company dedicated to making socially impactful films. Mazzio wrote, directed, and produced several award-winning films including her newest project, BAD RIVER, narrated by Quannah ChasingHorse and Academy-Award nominee, Edward Norton, which chronicles the Wisconsin-based Bad River Band and its ongoing fight for sovereignty, a story which unfolds in a groundbreaking way through a series of shocking revelations, devastating losses, and a powerful legacy of defiance and resilience which includes a David vs. Goliath battle to save Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. Winner of the EMA Award for Best Documentary and nominated for three Critic Choice Awards, the film was called “a powerful chronicle” by Bill McKibben (writer for The New Yorker), profoundly moving” by film critic Liz Braun, “a 10 out of 10” by film critic Vincent Schilling, and “brilliant” by David Corn of Mother Jones, BAD RIVER has already had remarkable impact, launched with a theatrical run in 25 major markets across the country lasting about two months (nearly unheard of for an independent documentary film). “We haven’t seen lines out the door like this since Barbie,” said the manager of the Ashland Bay Cinema in Wisconsin, who also reported that BAD RIVER outperformed Dune, Kung Fu Panda, Ghostbusters and Godzilla on successive weekends. Leonardo DiCaprio posted the film’s trailer, as did Edward Norton, Mark Ruffalo, Jason Momoa, and Channing Tatum.  Featured in the New York crossword puzzle (41 Down), the film is currently streaming on Peacock.

Mazzio also directed and produced A Most Beautiful Thing, narrated by Academy Award-winning artist, Common, and executive produced with NBA stars Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade. The film, which streamed on both Amazon and Peacock, was called “amazing” by Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times; “evocative” by The Los Angeles Times; “poignant” by The New York Times, “an absolute must watch” by Deadspin, “one of the best films of 2020” by Esquire, and “one of the most important documentaries of this decade,” by ChicagoNow.  The film won a Gracie Award and was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Award, an NAACP Image Award as well as for Best Documentary by the International Press Academy. Mazzio’s films have resulted in profound change, from I AM JANE DOE, narrated by Academy-Award winner Jessica Chastain, which catalyzed bipartisan federal legislation (signed at the Trump White House) and a 93-count indictment; to Underwater Dreams, which raised $100 million dollars with the Obama White House for underserved students (and which was featured on The Colbert Report); to TEN9EIGHT (called “one of the most inspirational films you will ever see” by Tom Friedman in The New York Times); to A Hero for Daisy (called “a landmark film” by the New York Times), which inspired a lawsuit that was decided years later by the US Supreme Court; to Apple Pie (called “priceless” by The New York Times and “fantastic” by NPR).

An Olympic athlete (1992 Olympic Games – Rowing), Mazzio is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Georgetown Law School. She is the recipient of several awards including an honorary degree from Mount Holyoke College; the Ricky Martin Foundation Humanitarian Award; two Gracie Awards; four Critics Choice Award nominations; an NAACP Image Award nomination; an EMA Award, an International Climate Impact nomination by the US Olympic Committee; the Hope Award (from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children); the Women’s Sports Foundation Journalism Award;  a Henry Luce Foundation Fellowship (to Korea); a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellowship (to France); and an American Heritage Award (from the American Immigration Council). Mazzio, formerly a partner with the law firm of Brown Rudnick in Boston, has served on several Boards of Directors including Sojourner House (a homeless shelter); The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras; The Head of the Charles Regatta; The National Rowing Foundation; and World T.E.A.M Sports (supporting differently abled athletes). She was recently inducted into Mount Holyoke College Athletics Hall of Fame. The Schlesinger Library at Harvard University has requested all of Mazzio’s papers for its collection.

Mary Mazzio on location in Philadelphia filming I AM JANE DOE. © 2016 Richard Schultz. Courtesy 50 Eggs Films.

Mazzio and her work have been featured on The TODAY Show, The Colbert Report, NBC Nightly News, and in The New Yorker, Esquire, Vogue, Cosmo, People Magazine, Elle, Good Housekeeping, The New York Times, The Financial Times, Fortune, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Business Week, Entertainment Weekly, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, The Economist, WIRED, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Town & Country, CBS Early Morning, ABC News Now, CNN Sunday Morning, NPR, The Los Angeles Times, Business Week, The Washington Post, The Saturday Evening Post, The Daily Beast, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, The Dr. Oz Show, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Atlantic.com, MTV.com, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Seattle Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The Village Voice, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Marie Claire, The Chicago Sun-Times; Deadspin; Forbes.com, Buzzfeed, MSNMoney.com, Al-Jazeera, Bloomberg, CNN’s This Hour, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox Business News, Fox News Latino, PBS Nightly News Report, CNN Headline News, BBC World News, NPR (On Point, The Connection, It’s Only A Game, Here and How), Telemundo, mun2, Oxygen, ESPN’s Sports Center, Baseball Tonight, and Cold Pizza, GOOD Magazine, Yahoo News, Washington Times, Huffington Post, Women’s Wear Daily, among others. Mazzio’s story has been chronicled in the books One Person, Multiple Careers (by former NY Times columnist Marci Alboher) and 168 Hours (by USA Today writer Laura Vanderkam).

Mazzio has given keynote addresses for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women; the YPO Global Convention (South Africa); Aspen Ideas Festival; Clinton Global; convenings at the White House (under two different presidents); the OECD (in Paris); The McCain Institute Human Trafficking Symposium; the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance Annual Conference; the State of Nebraska Convention on Economic Development; the NCAA Title IX Convention; the Women’s Sports Foundation Convention; the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools Convention; the National Association of Collegiate Women’s Athletic Administrator’s Convention, the Ad Club Women’s Leadership Forum, among hundreds of other events.

Mazzio’s work has been supported by The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, The Bezos Family Foundation, Comcast/NBC Universal; Netflix; Amazon; The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Angel Foundation, CoStar, The Lovelight Foundation, New Balance, The Ahearn Family Foundation, the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, the Sahsen Foundation, FILA, Pepsi, Target, BlackRock, The John Templeton Foundation, Vanguard, JP Morgan; Novo-Nordisk; Cargill; UPS; Bank of America; Starbucks; Microsoft; Welch’s; 3M; Campbell’s Soup;  McDonald’s;  Liberty Mutual; The Virginia Piper Charitable Trust;  Babson College;  Wellesley College; The Massachusetts Department of Education;  the Kauffman Foundation;  Hubspot; Nike;  Clif Bar; Staples;  among others. She is currently Filmmaker-in-Residence at Babson College.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Mazzio has been a keynote speaker for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW); at the Aspen Ideas Festival; Clinton Global; the OECD; the YPO Convention (South Africa); the Massachusetts Children’s Alliance 8th Annual Statewide Conference; the State of Nebraska Convention on Economic Development; the NCAA Title IX Convention; the Women’s Sports Foundation Convention; the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools Convention; the National Association of Collegiate Women’s Athletic Administrator’s Convention; USA Hockey’s Patty Kazmaier Awards, among hundreds of other events.