Olivia Mowry
Producer • Director • Editor • Video Strategist
A Jill-of-all-Trades video producer and content strategist with 10+ years of experience specializing in translating complex ideas into engaging content for digital audiences.

Selected Video Work at Center for American Progress

This Post-it note driven shortform explainer launching a state-level Citizens United reversal policy went viral on Reddit with 4M+ views, 1.5K comments, and over 13K shares.
Director • Editor
Production management was key for this video, which included a two-day trip to film in Toronto followed by scripting and editing the final product in less than a week to premiere before 50K+ conference attendees.
Camera • Editor
Produced in collaboration with podcast team, I was camera operator and lead editor on this episode of The Tent podcast featuring Gov. Walz,
Camera • Editor

This printed image and motion-graphics driven explainer distills complex U.S.-India relations into a 90-second explainer.
Director • Editor • Motion Graphics
In collaboration with climate policy team, I led this on-location shoot with union workers in Wisconsin and oversaw the edit with an outside contractor.
Lead Producer • Director • Camera
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, short-form video covering Mahershala Ali’s speaking event at USC Annenberg.
Camera • Editor
Part of the Faculty Focus video series, this profile of a USC Annenberg professor gained 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
Personal Video Projects
The story of how Dorothea Lange’s photos of Japanese American internment captured what the government didn’t want the world to see.
Director • Camera • Editor
A look into the incredible life of early Los Angeles trailblazer Biddy Mason.
Director • Editor
The viral Frozen musical parody with over 5 million views and counting.
Director • 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


