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‘May we realize we are free through the power of our imagination.’ An award winning filmmaker, visionary story alchemist, mystic and community builder in evolutionary and impact film. Using the power of story to up-level the impact of media, technology and bespoke events for lasting positive transformation. For over 20 years she has produced & directed transformative projects focusing on indigenous wisdom, climate & regeneration, intergenerational healing, technology & innovation, connection and the power of the human spirit. She's worked with MTV, National Geographic, Travel Channel, NBC, Netflix, PBS, Disney and Gaia before founding Luminous Stories, to take storytelling to the next level. Known for her intuitive, integral and character driven storytelling with a mythical and symbolic visual style, while also weaving in an expertise in psychology, meditation, sound, light and breath for heart, brain & nervous system coherence. As a trusted advisor & collaborator on transformative media and immersive events she has worked with trailblazing change makers focused on global impact such as Unify.org, the United Nations, One Earth Live, Illuminate Film Festival, World Unity Week, The Empowerment Institute, Regen World among others. As a founding steward of the New Story Earth movement, she gathers an alliance of conscious storytellers, luminaries, filmmakers, impact entrepreneurs, multidisciplinary orgs, researchers and scientists who are pioneering advancements in consciousness and emerging tech. Currently they are developing a resonance tech bridging regenerative wellness and consciousness in a gamified Biofeedback & relational AI Platform. Entraining group sync using harmonic resonance. And introducing a new rating system + best practices for up-leveling wellbeing, coherence, and entraining AI in empathy, compassion and harmony. Maia guides Story Alchemy journeys at beautiful and powerful sites in nature aimed to up-level the stories change-makers are individually and collectively embodying. While catalyzing synergy and collaboration between innovators and influencers. She is a founding member of Cinevolve’s Media Shaman Studio applying Ken Wilber's Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics, Meta Modernism and other road maps for creating evolutionary media. Maia believes humanity is being called to evolve in consciousness, resonance and coherence in order to create the solutions and pathways to a more enlightened culture in harmony with all life. She is honored to be in service alongside a growing wave of talented creators also devoted this mission.
Transformative Media with a mission of supporting the rise of consciousness... * TransMedia Non-Fiction & Fiction Films, immersive Dome films and XR projects, * social impact docs with multi-disciplinary luminaries, scientists, doctors, shamans, evolutionary organizations and experts in the field of Nueroscience, biohacking, Natural Intelligence, Divine Sciences, yoga, meditation and sound journey therapy for health and wellness. PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT: Documentary - Elvis project “What’d I say?” Documentary/ Narrative Hybrid ~ "Anima Mundi: The Soul of the World" Immersive ~ "Resonance: Sound Made Light" Documentary/ Animation ~ "Immortality" Documentary series ~ "Light Lives Here" (working title) Narrative Feature based on a True Story ~ “Shadows of Shaolin” Animated Feature ~ "Snow White and the Seven Sages” Previous Projects: Co-Production/ Lead Programmer & Curator for Online Global Launch of: 2021 ILLUMINATE FILM FESTIVAL Producer of Conscious Film Stage at: One Earth Live 2020 Co-Production on Documentary Feature: The Grand Self Documentary “Voices of Dreamtown” (HBO award recipient, Frontline World) Documentary “Time is Art: Synchronicity and the Collective Dream”
The worlds premiere annual event and discovery festival for Concsious Film. Curating the best of transformative media with the mission to uplift the collective consciousness. Led strategy and development for turning the beloved regional festival into a Global Hybrid online event broadcasting to over 82 countries and 43 States with thousands of filmgoers at synchronized film screenings and talks. Along with a filmmaker community building and mentoring Convergence Event.
Campaign & Partnerships Director and Host/ Moderator for several Unify.org Broadcast events of Global synchronized Meditations for Peace with hundreds of partner organizations and over 2 million people around the world. Including: 2016 - United Nations Global Peace Day NYC event in Central Park with Deepak Chopra and the Jerusalem Youth Chorus and NY Baptist choir singing “Imagine” by John Lennon. 2018 - Mutli-City Global Broadcast for the UN’s World Peace Day - Event Producing, Sponsorships & Partnerships (Gaia TV) 2019 - Amazon Day Event Campaign Manager 2020 July - Harmonic Convergence 2020 2020 October - World Mental Health Day Special Film Screening and Event partnership with Illuminate Film Festival and “Chasing the Present”
Global Event partnering dozens of Conscious Music Festivals for a Unified event to uplift consciousness at the beginning of the Pandemic Lockdown. Dozens of Live stages of simultaneous online performances and talks. Produced and Curated the events Conscious Film Festival with a slate of 22 Films including: “Awake: the Life of Yogananda” and many others.
Gaia.com is an online conscious media network. (The conscious Netflix) http://youtu.be/gIm7TQlbZ7E My role was as a Producer/ Director of Original Content and Development of TV series in the realms of Healing, Ancient Wisdom traditions, Spiritual Growth and Transformation. Projects include: Psychedelica (Co-Producer) Open Minds (Producer/Director) Healing Matrix (relaunch develeopment) and Joe Dispenza series "Re-Wired" (development) and various other Development projects for Transformation Content Interview with E.D. - Advisor, Associate Story Producer