Adam Mazo

Personal Info

Known For Producer

Adam Mazo

Biography

Adam Mazo (he/his) is the copresident and creative director for Upstander Project and an Emmy® Award-winning social issue documentarian. Adam has (co)directed and/or produced all of Upstander Project’s films, including Dawnland, which won an Emmy® Award in 2018. His films have been broadcast on domestic and international television (Independent Lens), programmed at film festivals (Sundance, Hot Docs, Camden) and international conferences, and screened at universities and K-12 schools, where they are also often used in curricula. He is Ashkenazi Jewish and lives with his family in the territory of the People of the Blue Hills — the Massachusett Tribe.

Known For

Producer

Coexist

as Producer

2018
Dawnland

as Producer

2015
First Light

as Producer

Director

Coexist

as Director

2021
Bounty

as Director

2018
Dawnland

as Director

2015
First Light

as Director

Editor

Coexist

as Editor