Mary Joan Photographer - Producer
Mary Joan is Vice President of Mitzvah Studio. She is an award-winning video producer for her work on corporate, branding and documentary videos.
As a photojournalist and videographer she looks to tell the story visually, whether it’s a bride and groom on their wedding day, a Bar or Bat Mitzvah and their families, a military veteran in rehab or an environmentalist.
She has been an integral part of the team that has been involved in producing a variety of videos for Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, including:
- Bar and Bat Mitzvah rehearsal videos
- streaming Selichot live
- filming the annual Kaplan concert and producing an accompanying video
- producing a series of marketing videos
- producing the 14-video series “Judaism 101” for the High Holy Days
- the annual Chicago Kosher BBQ Festival
- educational events for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Jewish United Fund