{{short description|American film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Susan MacLaury | image = BWK04039 Susan MacLaury.jpg | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | alma_mater = | employer = | known_for = co-founder and executive director of Shine Global | occupation = | parents = | spouse = Albie Hecht | children = }} '''Susan MacLaury''' is the co-founder and executive director of the non-profit media company Shine Global, a licensed social worker, and a retired educator. She is also an Emmy-winning<ref>{{cite web |last1=Verhoeven |first1=Beatrice |title=Shine Global to Debut First-Ever Children’s Resilience in Film Award |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shine-global-childrens-resilience-in-film-award-1235113202/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=16 March 2022}}</ref> and Academy Award-nominated producer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Odman |first1=Sydney |title=Shine Global Honors Ballet Documentary ‘Lift’ With Inaugural Children’s Resilience in Film Award |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shine-global-childrens-resilience-film-award-1235245795/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=20 October 2022}}</ref>
==Career== MacLaury was a full-time Associate Professor of Health Education at Kean University from 1994 through 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan MacLaury |url=https://www.montclair.edu/entrepreneur/susan-maclaury/ |website=montclair.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFT Member Susan MacLaury’s Inocente Wins the Academy Award for Best Short Documentary Film |url=https://www.cnjscl.org/News/maclaury%20oscar.html |website=The Council of New Jersey State College Locals (CNJSCL)}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Kean Professor, Dr. Susan MacLaury wins Academy Award for best documentary with Inocente |journal=The Cougar's Byte |date=26 March 2013 |pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Oscars 2013: 'Inocente' wins documentary short |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2013-feb-24-la-et-mn-oscars-2013-documentary-short-20130220-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=24 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=News |first1=Suburban |title=Kean University professor's documentary 'Inocente' receives Academy Award nomination |url=https://www.nj.com/suburbannews/2013/01/kean_university_professors_doc.html |website=nj |language=en |date=17 January 2013}}</ref>
In 2005, MacLaury and her husband Albie Hecht founded Shine Global,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shine Global |url=https://shineglobal.org/}}</ref> a non-profit media company with the mission to give voice to children by telling stories of their resilience to raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change. MacLaury won an Emmy and was nominated for an Oscar for her work as executive producer of the 2007 documentary ''War/Dance''.<ref>{{cite journal |title=vive num campo de refugiados remoto, em Patongo, no norte do Uganda. |journal=Revista Xonguila |date=24 February 2023 |pages=110-111, 112-113}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Insider: Oscar Nods for TV Talent {{!}} TVWeek |url=https://www.tvweek.com/in-depth/2008/01/the-insider-oscar-nods-for-tv/ |website=Tvweek.com}}</ref> ''War/Dance'' won best documentary and best cinematography at the 31st News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2010.<ref name="TG">{{cite web |last1=Times: 10am-5pm |first1=Date: Sunday 8 December 2013 |title=Crowdfunding for film-makers and creatives |url=https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-masterclasses/crowdfunding-for-creatives-danae-ringelmann-business-course |website=the Guardian |language=en |date=24 October 2013}}</ref> She is also the Executive Producer of several other films including The Harvest (2010 film) with Executive Producer Eva Longoria, the Academy Award winning short documentary Inocente, and the 3D documentary 1 Way Up.<ref>{{cite web |title=Susan MacLaury - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/susan_maclaury |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TG" />
On May 14th, 2020 Susan MacLaury received an honorary doctoral degree from SUNY Cortland, her alma mater. She was also asked to deliver the keynote address during the morning undergraduate ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |title=SUNY Cortland to host five Commencement ceremonies - SUNY Cortland |url=https://www2.cortland.edu/news/detail.dot?id=05b91863-1f3d-46b9-9faf-a624c535fc09 |website=www2.cortland.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alum addresses 2022 graduates |url=https://www.reddragonnetwork.org/s/1612/19/interior-col.aspx?sid=1612&gid=1&pgid=3864&cid=10009&ecid=10009&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=7854 |website=www.reddragonnetwork.org |language=en}}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''Comedy Against the Odds'' (2023) * ''Home Is Somewhere Else'' (2022) * ''Through Our Eyes'' (2021) * ''Virtually Free'' (2020) * ''Daniel & Melissa'' (2018) * ''The Election Effect'' (2018) * ''Tre Maison Dasan'' (2018) * ''Liyana'' (2017) * ''The Wrong Light'' (2016) * ''The Eagle Huntress'' (2016) * ''1 Way Up: The Story of Peckham BMX'' (2014) * ''Inocente'' (2012) * ''The Harvest/La Cosecha'' (2011) * ''War Dance Returns'' (2009) * ''War Dance'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=John |title=War Dance |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/war-dance-2-1200510914/ |website=Variety |date=24 January 2007}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2511730/ Susan MacLaury] at IMDb *[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00940771.2000.11494653 Teaching Prevention by Infusing Health Education]