M. Reilly Dowd

M. Reilly Dowd is the director and producer of the feature documentary film “Dreams of Daraa.” The film is a co-production with ITVS, the leading provider of independently produced programs for PBS. In 2021, Dreams of Daraa had a national broadcast on PBS, making it available to nearly 200 million people across the United States. In producing this film, Dowd was a fellow in the Fledgling Engagement Lab, where she collaborated with other documentary film teams to design a social impact campaign focused on Syrian women and girls. Dowd is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, where she focused her studies on investigative journalism and international politics. She has worked at CNN, ABC News, Al Jazeera America and The Fiscal Times, as well as for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House Office of Presidential Correspondence. In 2020, Dowd received an MBA from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School. The following year, Dowd received her MFA degree from the prestigious Peter Stark Producing Program of USC's School of Cinematic Arts.