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2025 COHORT
DC100
musician

Mary Jane

+ film director, Creative Director

Pushing Culture Forward

"She redefines connection through sound, story, and bold visual language."

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Biography

Musician, filmmaker, and international award-winning creative director Mary Jane works at the intersection of sound, storytelling, and visual language. As musician, she uses sound as form of storytelling, exploring self identity, vulnerability, love, and resilience drawn from lived experience. Music becomes space for honesty and connection where people see themselves reflected. As filmmaker and creative director, she builds meaningful visual worlds, drawn to stories that challenge assumptions, amplify underrepresented voices, and question systems shaping how we see ourselves. She drives culture forward by creating with intention, contributing to culture that is more honest, inclusive, and emotionally brave, one story, one sound, and one image at a time.

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