Mai Iskander produced, directed and filmed the award-winning documentary films Garbage Dreams, (SXSW, IDFA) and Words of Witness (Berlin, Los Angeles Film Festival). Garbage Dreams was shortlisted for the 2010 Academy Awards® in the category of Best Feature Length Documentary, was nominated for the 2010 Best Documentary by the Director’s Guild of America, and won 26 international awards including the Al Gore Reel Current Award and IDA Humanitas Award; it aired on PBS/Independent Lens and PBS/Global Voices. In addition to her work on documentaries, Mai works both as a director and cinematographer on commercials and branded content, including for IBM, the American Hospital Association, and Partnership for a Drug-Free America.