Mary Sexton

{{short description|Canadian film and television producer}} '''Mary Sexton''' is a Canadian film and television producer, who is partnered with Edward Riche in Rink Rat Productions<ref>"Local TV comedy ready to hit the ice". ''The Telegram'', October 12, 1997.</ref> and with Mary Walsh in 2M Innovative.<ref>"'It was the nuns, the nuns'". ''The Globe and Mail'', January 22, 2005.</ref>

She is best known for her 2001 National Film Board documentary ''Tommy: A Family Portrait'', about her brother, comedian Tommy Sexton. Co-directed with Sexton's husband, Nigel Markham, the film received the 2002 Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program.<ref name="Macfarlane">{{cite news|last1=Macfarlane|first1=David|title=The comic miracle that was Tommy|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-comic-miracle-that-was-tommy/article1339275/|access-date=4 October 2016|work=Globe and Mail|date=12 November 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Tommy... A Family Portrait|url=http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=50116|website=National Film Board of Canada|access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/remembering-tommy/article18419456/|title=Remembering Tommy|last=Dwyer|first=Victor|date=10 November 2001|work=Globe and Mail|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

Her credits also include the television series ''Dooley Gardens''<ref>"Dooley Gardens -- a sitcom on the rock, served with a twist". ''The Telegram'', June 21, 1998.</ref> and ''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching'',<ref>"Hatched, then gobsmacked". ''The Globe and Mail'', August 4, 2005.</ref> and the theatrical films ''Violet'',<ref>"Violet in bloom". ''The Telegram'', October 15, 1999.</ref> ''How to Be Deadly'' and ''Maudie''.<ref>"Homecoming for Hollywood vet". ''Toronto Star'', September 15, 2016.</ref> She was also the regional producer in Atlantic Canada for ''Canadian Idol''.<ref>"So, you wanna be a star?: Local producer looking for talent for Canadian Idol auditions". ''The Telegram'', March 21, 2003.</ref>

Mary Sexton is a board member of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association and the president of the Film Producers Association of Newfoundland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nlproducers.com/copy-of-john-vatcher-producer|title=Mary Sexton [Producer] - panl}}</ref>

Her son Nik Sexton is a filmmaker best known for the films ''How to Be Deadly''<ref>Peter Simpson, [https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/review-donnie-dumphy-rated-deadly-out-of-10 "Review: Donnie Dumphy film rated 'deadly' out of 10"]. ''Ottawa Citizen'', September 22, 2015.</ref> and ''Skeet''.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0786673}} *{{Official website|http://www.rinkratproductions.com/about-us}}

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