MAEYEN'S PRODUCING WORK
MAEYEN BASSEY - PRODUCER
Maeyen Bassey is a two-time Emmy Award Nominated Producer who creates critical stories that inspire, and that celebrate societal changemakers who are unapologetically themselves. Bassey’s foray into producing began when she produced two music videos for director Gina Prince - Bythewood. Soon thereafter she produced a documentary chronicling the history of Black students on the campus of Stanford University, a project that received a public commendation from Senator Cory Booker. Her first Emmy Award as a producer came when she collaborated with the Academy-Award winning company Dirty Robber on the Why We Fight, an ESPN+ doc series EP’d by Ronda Rousey exploring the intimately personal stories driving world-class athletes to pursue combat sports.
Recently, Maeyen has showrun, produced, series produced, Senior Creative Prouded, & EP'd long-form works for Lebron James' UNINTERRUPTED, BBC Films, BBC Studios, MasterClass.com, and Amazon Prime Video. Maeyen recently also served as Showrunner on a six-part doc series produced by Ebony Studios, hosted by ABC's/Black-ish star Marsai Martin. Maeyen has also produced on projects for luminaries like Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nikole Hannah Jones, Angela Davis, Cornel West, Lonzo Ball, and seven-time NBA Champion Robert Horry among others. The 2022 release of her eleven-hour Amazon Prime Video series on race in America, Black History, Black Freedom, & Black Love, has been met with widespread critical acclaim, and in 2023 the series that she directed for inaugural poet Amanda Gorman was nominated for an Emmy Award.
In addition to film, Bassey has Produced and Directed multiple documentary-based projects in the branded and commercial space including works for Gatorade, Nissan, Microsoft, Jet Blue Airlines, The Hard Rock Cafe, W Hotels, and Wal-Mart. In addition to her two Emmy Award nominations, Bassey's work has garnered several awards, fellowships, and commendations including from The Webby Awards, The Telly Awards, The Ford Foundation, Women In Film, Disney Entertainment Television (DET), The Alliance of Women Directors, The Directors Guild of America, The Producers Guild of America, and The Writers Guild of America. Maeyen has served as a speaker and judge at multiple universities and film festivals including Northwestern University, Woodbury University and the Pan African Film Festival. She aslo has been invited to speak on a panel of directors at the SXSW Festival in March 2025 where she will debut a sneak preview of a documentary series that she currently has in development Seeds of Greatness. Maeyen currently resides in Los Angeles and 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 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.
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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.