A UK/German native Maya is an LA based film producer. Her US company MHK Productions, is dedicated to uncovering stories in the genre space that highlight political issues, giving a voice to minority cultures. To date, she has produced films in Beijing, New York, Mexico City, Los Angeles and London. Her most recent credits include Deathcember's A Christmas Miracle (2019) by Vivienne Vaughn and Tribeca Untold Stories Grant winner Lucky Grandma. Before turning her attention to producing, Maya worked in marketing and distribution at The Weinstein Company on The Master (2012); at BBC America on the release of Orphan Black Season 2 (2014); and at the Film Society of Lincoln Center on the 52nd New York Film Festival. More recently she has moonlighted in companies dedicated to female driven content/ film makers, Refinery 29 & Maven Pictures. She is a Columbia University Creative Producing MFA Graduate '19, a participant of the WIF Creative Producing Mentorship Program 2019, a finalist of the Marcie Bloom/Sony Fellowship '17, The Sarah Jones Film Foundation Grant '18 and a proud member of WIF, NYWIFT, BAFTA and PGA. She will shoot her first feature as lead producer Vivienne Vaughn's Lucky Strikes, January 2020, it recently got into the Fantasia Frontieres Lab and Special Mention at Sitges Pitchbox.
