Mary T. Diorio Schilling

Mary T Diorio Schilling is an independent audio documentary producer who is currently moving into multimedia documentary production.  Mary won the Third Coast International Audio Festival’s 2013 People’s Choice Award for her short doc, Blackbird Pot Pie: Not the Pie Umami Made. She also had a piece about an annual muskrat dinner air on Philadephia’s WHYY radio.  Mary currently works with her documentary partner, freelance photographer, Mary Waddington on a long-term, multimedia documentary about southwestern New Jersey residents who make their living on the land and water (www.LandandWaterLives.com).  An experienced teacher, principal, and adjunct professor, Mary loves growing food, traveling, fishing, and simply messing about on boats.

Mary Waddington

Mary Waddington is a freelance fine art photographer and photojournalist who works under grants and commissions.  Her interest in storytelling dates back thirty-five years, when she began recording oral histories to accompany her photographs of local people living frugally and close to the land.  Soon, she created multimedia educational programs around the edges of a medical career.  Now retired, she teams with Mary Schilling, an audio documentary producer who shares her love of the natural world.  As co-producers, they document the rapidly disappearing skills and values of people who make their living off the land and water.  Mary enjoys drama, ballet, journaling, sailing, and pastoral care visitation.