Mary Jane Doherty

Director, Film Production Program
Associate Professor of Film

BA, Bowdoin College
MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor Doherty has prior teaching experience at the Boston Film Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also an award-winning freelance editor, director, and cinematographer. Doherty teaches a variety of film production courses. Her video “Make It Just Right,” featuring former Vice President Al Gore, is an exploration of the effects of dual-career households on children. She recently completed her feature-length documentary “Oh My God” as well as a short film in the People’s Republic of China. Finally, she has just finished filming a three-year documentary following children growing up in Cuba’s elite Ballet Program.