Maria Hall-Brown, Senior Director, PBS SoCal 

A producer/director for almost 30 years with PBS SoCal, Maria recently won a LA Press Club award for the film Under the Baton: Pacific Symphony’s Carl St.Clair.

Other documentaries include: the LA Area Emmy nominated film American Voices, the personal story of American Chorale composers and the power of song; the first film about cultural visionary/philanthropist Henry T. Segerstrom: Imagining the Future, as well as the Newport Beach Film Festival HONORS, Newport Beach Film Festival UK HONOURS, Be Brave: Samantha’s Story, Matters of Faith, Bulgarian Rhapsody, Notes from Europe, and many holiday specials.

For 16 years Maria worked as producer/reporter for the nightly news program Real Orange, the producer/host of author interview series Bookmark talking with over 300 authors from first time writers to Pulitzer Prize Winners and the producer/host of the weekly program LAaRT a magazine style program focused on the creative spirit.

She has garnered three LA Area Emmys and seven Golden Mike Awards for her work. 

A proud graduate of the University of California, Irvine, she received a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005. 

Maria is a passionate supporter of the Arts.