Susan MacLaury is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit media company Shine Global, a licensed social worker, and a retired educator. She is also an

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-winning and

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-nominated producer.

Career

MacLaury was a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at

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from 1994 through 2014. In 2005, MacLaury and her husband

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founded Shine Global, a non-profit media company with the mission to give voice to children by telling stories of their resilience to raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change. MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary ''

War/Dance ''War/Dance'' is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, and produced by Shine Global's Susan MacLaury, a professor at Kean University, and Albie Hecht. It was nominated for the 2008 Academy ...

''. ''War/Dance'' won best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2010. She is also the Executive Producer of several other films including The Harvest (2010 film) with Executive Producer

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, the Academy Award winning short documentary

Inocente ''Inocente'' is a 2012 short documentary film directed by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix. The film received the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). The film is an inspiring coming-of-age story of a 15-year-old girl in California. ...

, and the 3D documentary 1 Way Up. On May 14th, 2020 Susan MacLaury received an honorary doctoral degree from SUNY Cortland, her alma mater. She was also asked to deliver the keynote address during the morning undergraduate ceremony.

Filmography

* '' Comedy Against the Odds'' (2023) * '' Home Is Somewhere Else'' (2022) * '' Through Our Eyes'' (2021) * '' Virtually Free'' (2020) * '' Daniel & Melissa'' (2018) * '' The Election Effect'' (2018) * '' Tre Maison Dasan'' (2018) * '' Liyana'' (2017) * '' The Wrong Light'' (2016) * ''

The Eagle Huntress ''The Eagle Huntress'' is a 2016 internationally co-produced Kazakh language, Kazakh-language documentary film directed by Otto Bell and narrated by executive producer Daisy Ridley. It follows the story of Aisholpan Nurgaiv, a 13-year-old Kazakhs, ...

'' (2016) * '' 1 Way Up: The Story of Peckham BMX'' (2014) * ''

'' (2012) * '' The Harvest/La Cosecha'' (2011) * '' War Dance Returns'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2007)

References

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External links

Susan MacLaury
at IMDb
Teaching Prevention by Infusing Health Education