Founder of Via Queen & NarrateMD
Masha
Dowell
I.Founder
II.Filmmaker
III.Performer
I help you see yourself in stories you didn't know were about you.
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I help you see yourself in stories you didn't know were about you.
Work With Me →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 filmmaker, SAG-AFTRA performer, and the founder of Via Queen and NarrateMD — 26 years across studios, festivals, and stages, all in service of one idea: helping people see themselves in stories they didn't know were about them.
Each title was earned, in order.
Three decades of stage and screen, from regional theatre to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Formed in the development rooms of Revelations Entertainment, Edmonds Entertainment, and SimmonsLathan Media Group, and published nationally at IndieWire.
Directing independent film, with story judgment sharpened at The Walt Disney Company across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN.
Born in Winston-Salem, raised between North Carolina and Atlanta. A former college swimmer who never retired the competitive streak. Splitting time between North Carolina and New York after chapters in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Raleigh, and Greensboro — with a passport that has seen real use. Auntie, dog mom, book-club regular.
Founder of Via Queen and NarrateMD. Director of independent film with story judgment sharpened at The Walt Disney Company across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN.
SAG-AFTRA performer 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.
Grounded in media psychology research, applied to development, content strategy, and story — plus script coverage for the Austin Film Festival. Communications strategy for political and corporate clients.
A Southern-centric, auteur-focused, craft-forward cinema institution — built in the Carolinas, for the South.
Enter Via QueenA media psychology venture, translating research into story that moves people — the newest chapter, still taking shape.
Enter NarrateMD