Mary Sexton

Mary Sexton is a Canadian film and television producer, who is partnered with Edward Riche in Rink Rat Productions[1] and with Mary Walsh in 2M Innovative.[2]

She is best known for her 2001 National Film Board documentary Tommy: A Family Portrait, about her brother, comedian Tommy Sexton. Co-directed with Sexton's husband, Nigel Markham, the film received the 2002 Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program.[3][4][5]

Her credits also include the television series Dooley Gardens[6] and Hatching, Matching and Dispatching,[7] and the theatrical films Violet,[8] How to Be Deadly and Maudie.[9] She was also the regional producer in Atlantic Canada for Canadian Idol.[10]

Mary Sexton is a board member of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association and the president of the Film Producers Association of Newfoundland.[11]

Her son Nik Sexton is a filmmaker best known for How to Be Deadly.[12]

References

1. "Local TV comedy ready to hit the ice". The Telegram, October 12, 1997.
2. "'It was the nuns, the nuns'". The Globe and Mail, January 22, 2005.
3. Macfarlane, David (12 November 2001). "The comic miracle that was Tommy". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
4. "Tommy... A Family Portrait". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
5. Dwyer, Victor (10 November 2001). "Remembering Tommy". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
6. "Dooley Gardens -- a sitcom on the rock, served with a twist". The Telegram, June 21, 1998.
7. "Hatched, then gobsmacked". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2005.
8. "Violet in bloom". The Telegram, October 15, 1999.
9. "Homecoming for Hollywood vet". Toronto Star, September 15, 2016.
10. "So, you wanna be a star?: Local producer looking for talent for Canadian Idol auditions". The Telegram, March 21, 2003.
11. "Mary Sexton [Producer] - panl".
12. Peter Simpson, "Review: Donnie Dumphy film rated 'deadly' out of 10". Ottawa Citizen, September 22, 2015.

External links

• Mary Sexton at IMDb
• Official website