AWARDS
Best Director, Paris International Film Festival 2023
Best Original Short Film Score - Music & Sound Awards 2023
Best Score,Live Action Short, Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2022
Alma feels she’s finally found an escape from her family’s dysfunctional house when she discovers a secret castle full of circus performers, but as she becomes the muse to its enigmatic ringmaster, the fantasy devolves into a prison that feels uncannily familiar…
AWARDS:
Best New Work of 2018 — Shoot Magazine
Best Work You May Never See 2018 - Shoot Magazine
Bade of Honor, Emerging Filmmaker - Shoot Magazine
Commercial
A series of underdogs — a gay couple, a teenager with Down syndrome, and a Latino immigrant- receive once-in-a-lifetime letters with messages that will change everything.
Note: These are ACTORS.
When Joy's fairytale romance crashes and burns on the eve of her 35th birthday, the TICK-TOCK of her biological clock pushes her to try new things.
A dark comedy short film written & directed by Maya Albanese.
2020 Official Selections & Awards:
Cannes Diversity Short Film Showcase at 73rd Cannes Film Festival
SeriesFest - BEST DIGITAL SHORT & BEST ACTRESS AWARDS
Cleveland International Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Heartland Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
British Independent Film Festival
Pilot Light TV Festival UK
Washington D.C. Film Fest
Julien Dubuque International Film Fest
Woods Hole Film Festival
Nevada City Film Festival
ImagineThis Brooklyn Women’s Film Festival - BEST COMEDY AWARD
Montana Film Fest
Naples International Film Fest
Bradford U.K. Film Festival
Twister Alley Film Fest
Snake Alley Film Fest
Oxford Film Fest
SENE Rhode Island Film Festival
© 2021 Wildcard Productions
Super Bowl comedy spot for Dawn soap, starring legendary linebacker and television personality, J.J. Watt. The spot got 50 million views in its first week.
2021 launch commercial for the world’s first at-home fertility testing kit for women. Co-written and directed by Maya Albanese.
Commercial
Amani is an immigrant from Ghana, a single mother, and an entrepreneur who also happens to be Manchester United’s biggest superfan in LA. She runs all through the night to watch every single match at a famous pub in Hermosa Beach.
Narrative, Commercial
A poetic meditation, written and directed by Maya and narrated by champion boxer, Melissa St. Vil, which expresses the feelings that an assault victim may go through, and how they rise above through professional sports.
A kind man makes heartwarming choice after winning the lottery.
Campaign features all real people and autistic children, for a product specifically designed for neurodivergent children.
Commercial
Maya directed the live action and animation for the ad campaign that launched a new show, Super Hero Girls, on Cartoon Network. She is also the voice over actor in the commercials.
This the Wonder Woman commercial, one of three 30-second broadcast commercials in which girls ages 7-12 are magically transformed into the DC Comics super hero characters themselves.
A young woman spends her day surprising loved ones in her community with potentially life-changing holiday gifts.
WINNER: 2021 Emmy for Best Commercial in Rocky Mountain Region
Launch ad campaign for Taco Bell's new Veggie Cravings Boxes. 2021.
Magical realism campaign featuring kids ages 5-7 and Tia Mowry.
30-second comedy spot for VISA-US BANK Go credit card at the Tokyo Olympics 2021, featuring olympic cyclist, Kate Courtney.