Mariam Barry is a biracial Afro-Norwegian filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada. Originally from Norway, she is a two-time recipient of the Netflix-BANFF Diversity of Voices Fellowship and an alumni of the VIFF Catalyst program for up and coming filmmakers. Mariam is the lead producer of the Telefilm Talent to Watch feature “Hair or No Hair” and is a tapped talent for the Black Screen Office’s Directors Accelerator Program in collaboration with the Directors Guild of Canada. As a program recipient, Mariam has been a directing apprentice on Billion Dollar Bluff (TUBI), Wildcards (CBC & CW) as well as Percy Jackson (Disney). As a director, her short film YAYE won a Best in BC award at GemFest.