Levi Maaia

Levi Maaia

Independent Filmmaker

Other Roles: Director, Producer

Areas of Focus: Documentaries

Organization: Maaia Mark Productions LLC

Website: https://www.maaiamark.com/

Biography

As a passionate filmmaker and communicator, Levi has a knack for making the invisible visible. He began his media career in FM radio, cable television and broadband where he became fascinated by the potential for technology to educate, and open a window on the world. He earned a Ph.D. studying Maker culture and STEM education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Levi directed and produced “Pathways to Invention,” a documentary feature funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program for which he was named Best Director at the L.A. Independent Film Festival Awards. He is the recipient of a Cablefax Top Op award for his executive leadership.

He is a private, instrument-rated, land and seaplane pilot serving on the Santa Barbara Airport Commission, a licensed amateur radio operator and an avid photographer. He was a founding member of the ARISS-USA education committee, a NASA-sponsored outreach program aboard the International Space Station.

He likes to tinker with classic cars and vintage computers to keep them running.

As a passionate filmmaker and communicator, Levi has a knack for making the invisible visible. He began his media career in FM radio, cable television and broadband where he became fascinated by the potential for technology to educate, and open a window on the world. He earned a Ph.D. studying Maker culture and STEM education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.As a passionate filmmaker and communicator, Levi has a knack for making the invisible visible. He began his media career in FM radio, cable television and broadband where he became fascinated by the potential for technology to educate, and open a window on the world. He earned a Ph.D. studying Maker culture and STEM education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Levi produced “A Beautiful Sound,” a PBS/WSBE documentary on the Rhode Island Philharmonic. He directed and produced “Pathways to Invention,” a documentary feature funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program for which he was named Best Director at the L.A. Independent Film Festival Awards. He is the recipient of a Cablefax Top Op award for his executive leadership.

He is a private, instrument-rated, land and seaplane pilot serving on the Santa Barbara Airport Commission, a licensed amateur radio operator and an avid photographer. He was a founding member of the ARISS-USA education committee, a NASA-sponsored outreach program aboard the International Space Station.

He likes to tinker with classic cars and vintage computers to keep them running.

As a passionate filmmaker and communicator, Levi has a knack for making the invisible visible. He began his media career in FM radio, cable television and broadband where he became fascinated by the potential for technology to educate, and open a window on the world. He earned a Ph.D. studying Maker culture and STEM education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Levi produced “A Beautiful Sound,” a PBS/WSBE documentary on the Rhode Island Philharmonic. He directed and produced “Pathways to Invention,” a documentary feature funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program for which he was named Best Director at the L.A. Independent Film Festival Awards. He is the recipient of a Cablefax Top Op award for his executive leadership.

He is a private, instrument-rated, land and seaplane pilot serving on the Santa Barbara Airport Commission, a licensed amateur radio operator and an avid photographer. He was a founding member of the ARISS-USA education committee, a NASA-sponsored outreach program aboard the International Space Station.

He likes to tinker with classic cars and vintage computers to keep them running.

As a passionate filmmaker and communicator, Levi has a knack for making the invisible visible. He began his media career in FM radio, cable television and broadband where he became fascinated by the potential for technology to educate, and open a window on the world. He earned a Ph.D. studying Maker culture and STEM education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Levi produced “A Beautiful Sound,” a PBS/WSBE documentary on the Rhode Island Philharmonic. He directed and produced “Pathways to Invention,” a documentary feature funded by the Lemelson-MIT Program for which he was named Best Director at the L.A. Independent Film Festival Awards. He is the recipient of a Cablefax Top Op award for his executive leadership.

He is a private, instrument-rated, land and seaplane pilot serving on the Santa Barbara Airport Commission, a licensed amateur radio operator and an avid photographer. He was a founding member of the ARISS-USA education committee, a NASA-sponsored outreach program aboard the International Space Station.

He likes to tinker with classic cars and vintage computers to keep them running.

 
 

Films

Pathways to Invention (2022)

Role: Director

Inventors and inventions are all around us proving that we all have the power in our minds and hands to shape the world. However, even the most accomplished makers and creators often hesitate to identify as “inventors.” Explore the workshops, garages and laboratories of accomplished inventors in the fields of materials, software, hardware, biotech and agriculture with an eye toward understanding the tools and traits of both successful invention and entrepreneurship.

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National Endowments for the Arts
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