MAYA WILKINSON
WRITER • DIRECTOR • PRODUCTION DESIGNER • GRAPHIC ARTIST
we're not meant to be pros
we are poetry
OBJECTIVE
To build worlds that move the mind, body and spirit.
SKILLS
Writing for Screen & Stage
Production Design & Art Direction
Multimedia Design
Specialties: Brand Design, Graphic Design & Video Editing
PRODUCTION DESIGN CREDITS
Production Designer for Screen:
"Key Love" | Short Film • Director: Joshua Paul | 2023
"Dippy" | TV Series • Directors: Adrian Campbell, Tristan Alleyne | 2023
"Raw Materials" | Short Film • Director: Sosiessia Nixon | 2022
"Black Girl in the Ring" | Short Film • Writer: Saeed Thomas | 2021
Black Googler Network & QUILT': "Here" | Short Film • Director: Rayon McLean | 2020
Production Designer for Stage:
"Pitchy Patchy" | Revue • Director: Rayon McLean | 2023
"Pitchy Patchy" | Revue • Director: Rayon McLean | 2022
"Heist" | Comedy • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2017
"Heist" | Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2014
"Mama's Boy"| Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2014
"Vessel" | Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2013
MULTIMEDIA CREDITS
Multimedia Direction & Design for Screen:
"A Jamaica Independence Story" | Musical • Director: Michael Holgate •
Producer: The Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment & Sport | 2021
Multimedia Direction & Design for Stage:
JA Independence Grand Gala | Festival • Director: Michael Holgate | 2023
"Pitchy Patchy" | Revue • Director: Rayon McLean | 2023
JA Independence Grand Gala |Festival • Director: Michael Holgate | 2022 QUILT: "ReAshore'd | Musical • Director: Rayon McLean | 2019
"Seville & Di Bone Tribunal" | Musical • Director: Michael Holgate | 2018
QUILT: "Release" | Musical • Director: Rayon McLean | 2018
QUILT: "ReAshore'd | Musical • Director: Rayon McLean | 2017
"Garvey: The Musical" | Musical • Director: Michael Holgate | 2016
"Blogs & Mirrors" | Musical • Director: Michael Holgate | 2014
QUILT: "Colour Me" | Musical • Director: Rayon McLean | 2014
WRITING CREDITS
Writer for Screen:
Black Googler Network & QUILT': "Here" | Short Film • Director: Rayon McLean| 2020
"Proscenium" | Short Film • Director: Rayon McLean |2020
Writer for Stage:
"Heist" | Comedy • Director: Maya Wilkinson| 2017
"Heist" | Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2014
"Mama's Boy"| Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2014
"Colour Me" | for QUILT's "Colour Me" • Director: Rayon McLean | 2014
"Vessel" | Short Play • Director: Maya Wilkinson | 2013
"Shooter" | for QUILT's "73...!" • Director: Rayon McLean | 2011
ART DEPARTMENT CREDITS
Assistant Art Director & Graphic Designer (JA Crew)
Paramount Pictures: "Bob Marley: One Love" Feature Film Cinecom Productions, JA | 2023
Art Director & Multimedia Designer
Calabash Literary Festival, Treasure Beach, JA | 2023
Graphic Designer (JA Crew)
BBC: "Champion" TV Series (Episode 6)
Cinecom Productions, JA | 2022
Graphic Designer (JA Crew)
HBO/UK Channel 4: "Get Millie Black" TV Series
Cinecom Productions, JA | 2022
WORK EXPERIENCE
Multimedia Director | 2010 - present
QUILT Performing Arts Company, Kingston, JA
Marketing Director | 2021 - present
Jamaica Film & Television Association (JAFTA), Kingston, JA
Multimedia Artist | 2014 - 2017
Esirom Ltd., Kingston, JA
Image & Product Development Consultant | 2013 - 2014
Sun Island Jamaica, Kingston, JA
Multimedia Artist | 2012 - 2013
Mona GeoInformatics Institute, Kingston, JA
Junior Technician | 2009 - 2014
The Philip Sherlock Centre for the Creative Arts
Kingston, JA
EDUCATION
The University of the West Indies, Mona
Kingston, JA 2009 - 2014
Bachelor of Arts in Media & Communication
Berkeley High School
California, USA 2007 - 2008
Montego Bay High School
St. James, JA 2002 - 2007
10 CSEC Passes (5 Distinctions, 5 Credits)