Maria is a professional independent documentary filmmaker who has directed and produced more than ten documentaries for Swedish national TV (SVT1, SVT2, TV4). Several of the documentaries have been co-funded and broadcasted internationally. Maria has run a production company with her husband and partner Peter Rinaldo since 1990. She is one of the founders of Documentary group where five independent directors/producers today work together producing documentaries for Swedish National TV. After graduation Maria started working with National News at the main national TV News desks parallel to producing documentaries but from 1996 she has worked full-time producing, directing and editing documentaries. Her focus has been issues related to the developing world and not seldom in combination with war. From 1994 and onwards Maria and her husband have worked in Rwanda with three documentaries for SVT1 (broadcasted 1995, 2001 and 2004). Earlier work has also included documentaries from the civil war in Liberia 1990 and Structural Adjustment Program effects in Jamaica 1991. My last documentary "Suzana – I have a dream" won the international award from IAWRT for best documentary 2005. I have together with Peter Rinaldo received Swedish awards for two documentaries about the genocide in Rwanda, "Blodsarvet" (1995) and "In The Name of God" (2004) and one Swedish award for the creative documentary "Glesbygdsfolk (2002). The last years Maria has held courses in editing and with Peter Rinaldo held seminars around the film "In the Name of God".
