Masha
Dowell
Filmmaker · SAG-AFTRA Performer
Media Psychology Strategist & Creative Consultant
Filmmaker · SAG-AFTRA Performer
Media Psychology Strategist & Creative Consultant
The Walt Disney Company · LA Department of Cultural Affairs · NASA JPL · Street Level Strategy · Austin Film Festival · Pan African Film Festival · Duke School of Medicine · Edinburgh Festival Fringe · Wake Forest University
Masha Dowell is a working filmmaker, SAG-AFTRA performer, and media psychology strategist and creative consultant with 26 years across studios, festivals, and stages — and the founder of Via Queen, a Southern-centric, auteur-focused cinema institution.
Each title was earned, in order. Performer: three decades of stage and screen, from regional theatre to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Writer: formed in the development rooms of Revelations Entertainment, Edmonds Entertainment, and SimmonsLathan Media Group, and published nationally at IndieWire. Filmmaker: directing independent film, with story judgment sharpened at The Walt Disney Company across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. Strategist: graduate study in Media Psychology now shapes her work advising clients on story, audience, and behavior.
Born in Winston-Salem, raised between North Carolina and Atlanta. A former college swimmer who never retired the competitive streak. New to Charlotte after chapters in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Raleigh, and Greensboro — and work that has taken her from New York to stages abroad, with a passport that has seen real use. Auntie, dog mom, book-club regular.
Director of independent film with story judgment sharpened at The Walt Disney Company across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. Available for directing and development.
Via QueenSAG-AFTRA actress with three decades of stage and screen — regional theatre to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, solo work, and medical simulation performance at Duke School of Medicine.
BookMedia Psychology background (graduate study) applied to development, content strategy, and story — plus script coverage for the Austin Film Festival. Communications strategy for political and corporate clients.
InquireA Southern-centric, auteur-focused, craft-forward cinema institution — built in the Carolinas, for the South.
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