Mary Sexton is a Canadian film and television producer, who is partnered with Edward Riche in Rink Rat Productions"Local TV comedy ready to hit the ice". The Telegram, October 12, 1997. and with Mary Walsh in 2M Innovative."'It was the nuns, the nuns'". The Globe and Mail, January 22, 2005.
She is best known for her 2001 National Film Board documentary Tommy: A Family Portrait, about her brother, comedian Tommy Sexton. Co-directed with Sexton's husband, Nigel Markham, the film received the 2002 Gemini Award for Best History/Biography Documentary program.
Her credits also include the television series Dooley Gardens"Dooley Gardens -- a sitcom on the rock, served with a twist". The Telegram, June 21, 1998. and Hatching, Matching and Dispatching,"Hatched, then gobsmacked". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2005. and the theatrical films Violet,"Violet in bloom". The Telegram, October 15, 1999. How to Be Deadly and Maudie."Homecoming for Hollywood vet". Toronto Star, September 15, 2016. She was also the regional producer in Atlantic Canada for Canadian Idol."So, you wanna be a star?: Local producer looking for talent for Canadian Idol auditions". The Telegram, March 21, 2003.
Mary Sexton is a board member of the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association and the president of the Film Producers Association of Newfoundland.
Her son Nik Sexton is a filmmaker best known for the films How to Be DeadlyPeter Simpson, "Review: Donnie Dumphy film rated 'deadly' out of 10". Ottawa Citizen, September 22, 2015. and Skeet.
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