Mary Lou Belli

Mary Lou Belli
Mary Lou Belli
Occupation(s)	Television director, author
Years active	1984–present

Mary Lou Belli is an American television director and author.

Career

Belli attended Penn State where she received a Bachelor's degree. For many years she acted in musical theatre and soap operas in New York City, followed by a Los Angeles career producing and directing theatre with over 75 play productions to her name.^[1]

Belli made her television directorial debut on episode of

The Game, Reed Between the Lines and Wizards of Waverly Place

.

Belli has co-authored of two books: The Sitcom Career Book (2004) with director

Chautauqua Institute, and a panelist for Women in Film, the Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

. She has judged the California Independent Film Festival, the Sapporo Short Film Festival in Japan, and CSU Media Arts Fest.

Awards

Among the awards she has won is one from Mayor

Tom Bradley for her work with abused children. She has lectured frequently throughout the United States including many universities such as AFI, New York University, Northwestern University, and University of Connecticut.^[4]

Belli has received

Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for her work on The Ms. Pat Show in 2022 and 2023

.