Mary McDade (she/her) is a New Orleans based writer and director. She holds an MFA in Film Production from the University of New Orleans and is a member of IATSE Local 600.
Her work is characterized by the decaying landscapes of the Southern United States and the marginalized women who thrive there. Through slice-of-life narratives, she weaves stories of heartache, homesickness, and the anxieties that quake inside all of us.
Her most recent award-winning short film, Mama Love, exhibits her many layers of genre-agnostic storytelling through threads of romance, dance, and queer identity.
Quake Thunder Crack represents her turn to the horror genre as a means of conveying the spiritual cavities of the South brought on by multi-generational religious practices. It was a finalist in the 2023 South Pitch competition sponsored by The New Orleans Film Festival and the 2024 Stowe Story Lab X Sidewalk Film Festival Narrative Lab.
