Getting stuff done in screen-based media, Mauri is a Vancouver-based Editor, Puppeteer, Actor, Director, Writer, and Assistant Sound Recordist. She has edited MOWs, directed theatre and short films, coached actors professionally, dramaturged plays, taught puppetry to improvisers and improvisation to puppeteers, and also worked as an audio assistant for reality television, an assistant record producer of show music, and a puppetry consultant for film and television.
Coming from a puppetry background in film and television, Mauri has a rich experience of working multi-departmentally and executing the written page for the screen verbally, emotionally, and visually.
Mauri’s direction is efficient, physical, and emotionally driven.
Working with collaboration as a critical part of an effective workflow where creativity can flourish and the story can find its fullest expression, Mauri enjoys creative problem solving, both in advance and in the moment. She also encourages and helps others to do what they do and tries to ensure they, and their work, are shown in the best possible light within the context of creating an engaging and entertaining final product.
Mauri’s films have screened internationally at numerous festivals including the Action on Film Festival, Sexy International Paris Film Festival, Palm Beach International Women’s Film Festival, Vancouver International Women In Film Festival, NSI Short Film Festival, CFC ShortsNonStop, and “Best TV Pilot” at the Seattle True Independent Film Festival.
Mauri is a graduate of New York University, having attended both Tisch School of the Arts and SEHNAP and has part of a Master’s Degree in Consciousness Studies from the Holmes Institute. She is an alumna of the WIDC Career Advancement Module in Vancouver.