Mary Trier works primarily with production companies and creators on film and television projects, directing clients through varied development stages, whether it be through industry norms or complex chain of title issues. She oversees business and legal affairs at Imagine Entertainment alongside Elsa Ramo, offering legal guidance on projects like Netflix’s “tick, tick…BOOM!” and “Hillbilly Elegy,” and also advises Imagine Kids & Family, Imagine Documentaries, Imagine Impact, Hello Sunshine, Boardwalk Pictures, Balboa Productions, and Funny or Die. Mary recently provided general counsel for the Laugh Out Loud/Sundance Women Write Now Fellowship and has worked on titles such as Skydance’s “Grace and Frankie” and the film “Arkansas” starring Vince Vaughn and Liam Hemsworth.

Mary was named in Variety’s “Hollywood New Leaders of 2022,” and was selected as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers Magazine from 2021-2023. She’s licensed in both California and Illinois, and has previously worked for Paradigm Talent Agency, Entertainment Studios, and The Film Collaborative. Mary earned her Bachelor of Journalism from University of Missouri, and Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School.

Highlights

• "Origin of Species,” upcoming
• “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” upcoming
• “Candy Cane Lane,” upcoming
• “Thirteen Lives,” 2022
• Skydance Television first look deal with Imagine Impact, 2021
• “On Pointe,” 2020, Disney TV
• “The Hating Game,” 2021
• “Hillbilly Elegy,” 2020
• “Elyse,” 2020
• “What Breaks the Ice,” 2020
• “Rebuilding Paradise,” 2020 Sundance
• “Journey of a Thousand Miles,” upcoming
• “D. Wade Life Unexpected,” 2020
• “Arkansas,” 2020
• “Dads,” 2019 TIFF
• “tick, tick… BOOM!,” 2021

Select Clients 

• Imagine Entertainment, Imagine Documentaries, Imagine Kids & Family, and Imagine Impact
• "Julia,” 2021
• “tick, tick…BOOM!,” 2021
• “Hillbilly Elegy,” 2020
• “Rebuilding Paradise,” 2020 Sundance
• “On Pointe,” 2020, Disney TV
• Hello Sunshine
• “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” upcoming
• "Tiny Trailblazers,” upcoming
• Funny or Die
• Boardwalk Pictures
• Balboa Productions
• “Samaritan” 2022
• Skydance Media
• “Grace and Frankie,” 2015-2022, Netflix
• “Altered Carbon,” 2018-2020, Netflix
• “Ten Days in the Valley,” 2017-2018, ABC
• New Line Cinema
• “Shazam!,” 2019
• Fox
• “Mayans M.C.,” 2018-present
• “The Chi,” 2018-present
• Post Film



Select Projects

• "The Lighthouse Witches” (upcoming)
• “A Thousand Miles” (upcoming)
• “The Black Demon” (2023)
• “Arkansas” (2020)
• “Elyse” (2020)
• “Synchronic” (2019)
• “Dragged Across Concrete” (2018)
• “Clara’s Ghost” (2018)
• “Random Acts of Flyness” (2018)

Bar Admissions

• The State Bar of California
• Illinois State Bar Association

Awards

• "Rising Star," Super Lawyers, 2021-2024
• "Women’s Leadership Symposium & Awards 2023,” LABJ, 2023
• "Hollywood’s New Leaders of 2022," Variety, 2022
• "Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star," 2021 & 2022

Speaking Engagements

• "Industry Days: Decision-Maker Roundtables,” Chicago International Film Festival, 2023

Affiliations

• Professional Entertainment Female Attorneys (PEFA), Treasurer
• Beverly Hills Bar Association, Member
• The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel
• The Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
• The Television Academy

Education

Mary Trier graduated magna cum laude from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism and minors in Business and Psychology. She then went on to receive her Juris Doctorate from the accelerated two-year program at Southwestern Law School, where she focused her legal studies on entertainment law. During law school, she held leadership positions in the Intellectual Property Law Society and Delta Theta Phi, and received recognition as a Semi-Finalist in the Negotiations Honors Competition.

• Juris Doctorate, Southwestern Law School SCALE Program
• Bachelor of Arts (magna cum laude), Journalism, University of Missouri
• Minors in Business and Psychology