About Madame Breschard

Maryann Breschard

MARYANN BRESCHARD is two-headed she-monster. One head is a producer, director and writer and Madame-In-Chief of her company, 52 Women, with a nice little BFA in Film and Television from the very prestigious Tisch School at New York University who likes nerdy things like art films, gardening, neuroscience and the programming of the Science Channel. The other head is an opinionated, lefty-leaning id that just can’t keep from blabbing about politics when its annoyed.

The ‘prodiwri’ Maryann began her career at the Bottom Line nightclub in New York City where she learned about the music business while earning her film degree and interning at places like MTV. After graduation, she did literary development for motion pictures at the William Morris Agency (now WME) but quickly realized she was too tall to make a very good Ari Gold. She went on to produce for various video divisions at Atlantic Records, Time Warner and BMG Entertainment.

The other Maryann more recently became known for her political work including her feature documentary, Running in High Heels, which followed the trainwreck and story of a political aspirant akin to Sarah Palin well before Sarah Palin exploded onto the national stage. The film premiered in 2006 and quickly was adopted into the curricula at hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States. Her last book, American Catfight: Political Wisdom for Women & Other Thoughts Towards Feminine Statecraft for the 21st Century was published in 2010.

She is currently at work on the first book of a multi-story science fantasy series but continues to let her id out via tweets and tumblrs while keeping involved in the documentary community.

The she-monster was birthed in the harbor town of Port Jefferson, NY and currently lumbers the streets of New York City where it writes and blogs.