Marie Barnas

Marie Barnas has earned two M.F.A. degrees, first in Film Production from Ohio University and then in Creative Writing from Georgia College and State University. She has taught classes in Ohio, Georgia, Tennessee and abroad in Lithuania and Bulgaria for over two decades. She is a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Nashville/Midsouth Chapter and The Telly Council. Her projects have won over 50 awards and honors at various film festivals, performances, and exhibitions worldwide including Emmy, Telly, Cindy, and Worldfest Houston. Her latest film, The Cost of Caring, can be viewed linear or streaming nationwide on American Public Television (PBS). In her spare time she enjoys spoiling her two fur babies, Boris Boo Boo and Tashi Washi Woo. When she isn’t traveling to distant lands, she also co-produces the award winning podcast Voca Vacay with her husband and colleague Frank Barnas, Ed.S., M.F.A. She is a native of South Charleston, West Virginia and worked in the film industry in Atlanta, GA from 2004-2011.