Hi, I’m Olivia Mowry
Digital Producer • Director • Editor
As a Jill-of-all-trades content creator, I do whatever it takes to bring content from ideation to publication, utilizing my skills in video production, motion graphics, photography, and more.
Highlights of My Video Work at the Center for American Progress
This video I directed and edited went viral on Reddit—earning more than 4 million views, 40,000 upvotes, 1,500 comments, and 13,000 shares—and helped successfully launch an important policy proposal to curb the effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision
Director • Editor
Using Getty Images and news headlines, this piece tells the story of how Trump damaged the U.S.-India relationship through compelling visual storytelling.
Director • Editor • Motion Graphics
I was the lead creative on this quick Equal Rights Amendment explainer, which became the best-performing video on CAP’s Twitter/X accounts in 2024, with over 78K views.
Director • Editor • Motion Graphics
One example of my weekly work on The Tent podcast. In this episode with Gov. Walz, I worked one of the cameras and was lead editor of the video in collaboration with podcast team.
Camera • Editor
Featuring interviews from local politicians in Alaska, this video highlights the success of ranked-choice voting in the state and how it can help build a more representative democracy nationwide.
Editor • Motion Graphics
Working with both video and policy team members, I led an on-location shoot with union workers in Wisconsin and oversaw the edit with an outside contractor.
Lead Producer • Director • Camera
Just a Bit of My Video Work at USC Annenberg
An unconventional tour of the school’s Media Center, with most of the footage shot in a single day.
Director • Camera • Editor • Motion Graphics
An award-winning video about how a student took her journalism classwork abroad.
Camera • Editor
One of L.A.’s earliest Black newspapers is also a family heirloom for an Innovation Lab fellow.
Editor • Motion Graphics
A quick, social-media-ready video of actor Mahershala Ali’s speaking event at USC Annenberg.
Camera • Editor
A profile of a USC Annenberg professor, part of the Faculty Focus video series, with over 87K views on YouTube.
Camera • Editor
A highlight reel from USC Annenberg’s 2019 Commencement Program, where I had free rein on and around the stage to capture the best footage of the event.
Camera • Editor
HerHistoria
As part of my capstone project for my Master’s degree in Digital Social Media, I created an experimental narrative TikTok series called HerHistoria. Through multiple episodes, the series explored the lives of two women in history using their own words—while pushing the boundaries of short-form storytelling.
Director • Writer • Camera • Editor • Motion Graphics
Shirley Chisholm, the first woman and Black American to make a serious run for the U.S. presidency, set out to be the change she wanted to see in the world. “You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines.”
Anna May Wong, an Asian American actress, paved her own path in early Hollywood—but that journey was anything but clear at the time. “The most unpredictable game in the world is the movies.”
Personal Video Projects
The viral Frozen musical parody with over 5 million views and counting.
Director • Camera • Editor
A look into the incredible life of early L.A. trailblazer Biddy Mason.
Director • Editor
A video essay on The Michelle Obama Podcast, which marked a revolutionary shift in the history of First Ladies and set a new path forward for the role.
Director • Editor
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