Carolyn Mao
About
Carolyn Mao is a creative producer based in Los Angeles. She was a producing fellow for Film Independent’s 2015 Producing Lab and also participated in Film Independent’s 2016 Fast Track with YOU AND ME BOTH. The independent pilot she produced by creator/writer, Naomi Ko, and directed by Andrew Ahn (SPA NIGHT) will be premiering at Tribeca Film Festival. Her first feature GOOD ENOUGH premiered at Boston International Film Festival where it won the Indie Spirit Best Actress Award. She also produced the short film, SAENG-IL, by writer/director Jennifer Suhr, which won the Gen Art Audience award.
Previously, she worked as a development executive where she developed television, film and book properties, including the Emmy award winning children’s series SPOOKSVILLE. Carolyn was a 2017 Film Independent Project Involve Fellow and received the inaugural Amazon Studios fellowship and is also a Time Warner OneFifty Artist.
Marvelous and the Black Hole
Teenage delinquent Sammy Ko teams up with a surly children's party magician on a bizarre adventure to navigate her tumultuous home life and inner demons. A coming-of-age comedy that touches on unlikely friendships, grief, and finding hope in the darkest moments.
You And Me Both
Two sisters, one a struggling heroin addict fresh from rehab, take a road trip through America’s Heartland to meet their Korean birth mother after their adoptive mother's passing. Along the way they must navigate feelings of grief and fear in order to find their way back to one another.