Maggie Burnette Stogner

Maggie Burnette Stogner is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the "Upstream, Downriver Media Project" www.upstreamdownriver.org with films and short videos that highlight issues of water justice and the inspiring leaders who are rallying communities to take action and find solutions. She is Executive Director Emeritus of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking and professor emeritus of Film and Media Arts at American University in Washington, D.C.. Her experience includes 35 years of creating independent social and environmental justice documentaries, broadcast films for National Geographic and others, as well as immersive media for world-touring cultural museum exhibits. Her impact media research showcases new trends and innovations that activate audiences to engage in meaningful social change. See her latest report and case studies at: https://cmsimpact.org/general/upstream-downriver-media-project/, www.CEFimpactmedia.org, and https://medium.com/storytelling-for-impact. She is owner of Blue Bear Films, a voting member of the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences, and an executive member of Women in Film & Video.

Maggie has produced and directed many award-winning broadcast documentaries including Gold Mountain that reveals the authentic stories of pioneering Chinese in the old West and Afghanistan's Hidden Treasures that reveals archeological discoveries along Central Asia's Silk Road. She designs and produces media elements for world-touring museum exhibitions, including: The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great; Roads of Arabia; Tutankhamun and the Golden Pharaohs; Real Pirates; Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures; and, Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology with Harrison Ford. Previously, Maggie was the Senior Producer of National Geographic’s weekly award-winning documentary showcase EXPLORER, producing and overseeing more than 200 films.

She served as Executive Director of the Center for Environmental Filmmaking for eight years and is professor emeritus of film and media arts at American University’s School of Communication in Washington D.C. Her leadership is dedicated to creating films that make a positive difference in the world and mentoring the next generation.

Maggie earned her graduate degree from Stanford University in Communication/Documentary Film. She is a voting member of the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences, a judge for Nonfiction Emmy Awards, Special Jury awards for Jackson Wild, and others. She is an executive member of Women and Film in Video in Washington D.C.