My experience and versatility as a director have enabled me to work in various genres of the entertainment industry. I am often referred to as an actor's director, which I take pride in. I have the utmost respect for the acting process and also believe that storytelling can only excel as a direct result of collaboration.
"I have known Mary since 1988 when I had the pleasure of working with her first as my AD at NBC’s Another World and then as a fellow director at the same show. Mary had already acquired considerable skills directing the CBS Morning Show and quickly perfected the technique of directing a three camera live-to-tape dramatic series. Mary went on to direct several soaps in Los Angeles and New York. She is a very bright, very alert and imaginative director with strong organizational skills."
-Casey Childs - Director, Producer, DGA Eastern Council Member and former DGA Vice President
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"Mary is a wonderful director. I love working with her because she works on making every project a collaboration with her actors. In all the years I've worked with Mary, she's always open to hearing how we see the scene, explaining how she sees the scene and working to make every performance better.
- Linda Dano - Desperate Houswives, Another World, General Hospital, One Life to Live, All My Children and Celebrity Host
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"Mary cares deeply about her work and always goes the extra mile to make sure it’s the best it can possibly be within the rigid time constraints of daytime television. When she became a director on the show, she was always conscientious about bringing the show in on time. To accomplish that, she communicated efficiently and effectively with every department. She was concise in her direction of talent."
- Linda Laundra - Producer, Director, ABC, NBC
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"Mary Madeiras is one of the most "actor-friendly" directors I've ever found in television. She has the blessed combination of coming in fully prepared, (she knows what she wants visually, in terms of story line, and pacing, she's done her homework, and knows scenes and shots inside and out), HOWEVER, that never inhibits nor prevents any of her actors from creating. She truly collaborates. She creates an environment where actors know exactly what the terrain is, then she sets us free to run like the wind.
She watches our impulses and expands on them even if we haven't recognized them ourselves. She is even one of two directors I've ever worked with who identified my "bad habits" and could reverse them without making me feel hampered or scolded. She is imaginative, enthusiastic, and still has a passion for her work that so many others allow to fade. Any actor is fortunate to work with her."
- Kim Rhodes - Supernatural, Switched at Birth, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Another World
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"Mary Madeiras has the gift that actor's adore in a director - she knows how much to say and when to say it."
- Mark Pinter - Cold Case, Law & Order S.V.U., All My Children, Another World
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"As a 20 year veteran actor working within daytime and nighttime television I have found so few directors that even consider the actor's process in a working environment. With expedience being the watchword for production, many actors are not equipped to deliver their best work in such a frenzied environment.
Mary has the ability to be sensitive to the actor's process by organically engaging them in the action of the story. She is a gem! "
- Rick Hearst - Castle, Charmed, General Hospital
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