Mary Ann Rotondi
Filmmaker | Screenwriter
Mary Ann Rotondi is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker who writes elevated commercial features about complex women navigating impossible situations. Her emotionally grounded, high-concept stories span action thrillers, elevated horror, romantic comedy, and true crime.
A native of Butte, Montana, Mary Ann began her career as a journalist, producing, directing, and writing more than 40 hours of primetime network television for Dateline NBC and CBS News' 48 Hours, earning Emmy Awards and the 2022 New York Press Club Award for Excellence in Crime Reporting.
Her screenplays have received recognition. HELEN OF TROY was selected for The Owl Screenwriting Workshop & Industry Days in Athens, Greece, while RUN RENEGADE is a PAGE Award Finalist and won the First Place Action Thriller at the 2025 Creative World Awards, while her narrative short QUEEN OF THE DESERT won Best Female Directed Short at the 2023 Poppy Jasper Film Festival. Mary Ann holds a B.A. cum laude in English from Yale and an MFA in Filmmaking from Stanford University.