MAEYEN'S COMMERCIAL & BRANDED WORK
MAEYEN BASSEY - COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR

Maeyen Bassey Maeyen Bassey is a two-time Emmy Award nominated filmmaker who has Directed long form projects for ESPN, Amazon Prime Video, BBC Films, and MasterClass.com among others, and she has produced and Directed the likes of Neil Degrasse Tyson, Angela Davis, Deion Sanders, Amanda Gorman, Marsai Martin, Nikole Hannah Jones, NBA Champion Robert Horry, Panthers QB Bryce Young, Olympic Gold Medal sprinter Maurice Green and Cornel West among others.
In addition to her long-form works, Maeyen has also Directed and produced commercials and branded projects including Nissan, Walmart, New Balance, JetBlue, and Microsoft. As a commercial director, Bassey also recently won a coveted spot as a participating finalist in the DGA/AICP Commercial Director's Diversity Fellowship.
Maeyen's works have received awards and commendations, including from the Telly Awards, Webby Awards, The Ford Foundation, Women In Film, Disney Entertainment Televsion (DET), the Alliance of Women Directors (AWD), the Producers Guild of America, and the Directors Guild of America (AICP/CDDP). Maeyen directs commercials as a local based out of two markets (Los Angeles & Chicago) and she has multiple documentary and narrative projects in development.
MAEYEN BASSEY - TESTIMONIALS
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Maeyen is truly a dream to work with. Smart, calm, enthusiastic, a great listener & collaborator. Â She is excellent at directing agency based commercials like the Nissan documentary she directed with us for TBWA Chiat Day. Â Her confidence & leadership on set as a director is equally matched by her ability to command a room with agency & production company execs. Â She has unflappable composure even in the face of the toughest project challenges. I would recommend her for any job requiring a passionate, thoughtful and dedicated Director.Â
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Maeyen is an exceptional producer and gifted creative. I worked with Maeyen at MasterClass, where she was the producer and co-director on the Amanda Gorman class I oversaw. Throughout, I was struck by her attention to detail as she produced the whole class structure and the details of each individual section and scene.
Maeyen is calm under the pressure, able to carefully follow through on a detailed plan, or pivot in the moment if the need arises. In the edit she is organised, thoughtful and committed to perfecting the cut. It was great working with Maeyen and I happily would again.
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Maeyen is smart, insightful, industrious, professional, and driven. She gets things done, on target and on time. She made a great contribution to our editorial efforts and I heartily recommend making her a part of yours.
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It is a rare person you find in our industry that works with such finesse under immense pressure and remains grounded and cheerful in the trenches. It is easy to create with a huge budget but much more creativity is required when one is tight and Maeyen responds every time. Always a pleasure and I look forward to the next phone call.