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Mary Sexton is a Canadian film and television producer, who is partnered with Edward Riche in Rink Rat Productions [1] and with Mary Walsh in 2M Innovative. [2]

She is best known for her 2001 National Film Board documentary Tommy: A Family Portrait, about her brother, comedian Tommy Sexton. Co-directed with Sexton's husband, Nigel Markham, the film received the 2002 Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program. [3] [4] [5]

Her credits also include the television series Dooley Gardens [6] and Hatching, Matching and Dispatching , [7] and the theatrical films Violet, [8] How to Be Deadly and Maudie . [9] She was also the regional producer in Atlantic Canada for Canadian Idol . [10]

Mary Sexton is a Board Member of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association and the President of the Film Producers Association of Newfoundland. [11]

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  2. "'It was the nuns, the nuns'". The Globe and Mail , January 22, 2005.
  3. Macfarlane, David (12 November 2001). "The comic miracle that was Tommy". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  4. "Tommy... A Family Portrait". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. Dwyer, Victor (10 November 2001). "Remembering Tommy". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. "Dooley Gardens -- a sitcom on the rock, served with a twist". The Telegram , June 21, 1998.
  7. "Hatched, then gobsmacked". The Globe and Mail , August 4, 2005.
  8. "Violet in bloom". The Telegram , October 15, 1999.
  9. "Homecoming for Hollywood vet". Toronto Star , September 15, 2016.
  10. "So, you wanna be a star?: Local producer looking for talent for Canadian Idol auditions". The Telegram , March 21, 2003.
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