About

Madison McClintock is a documentary filmmaker and textile artist based in Maine, U.S.A. Her aim is to share the human stories behind conservation efforts, document cultural traditions for future generations and give a voice to underrepresented communities and the “more-than-human-world.” 

By using film, with its unique ability to move hearts, she intends to create spaces for audiences to reconnect with the foundational truth that human well-being relies on a delicate symbiotic relationship with the more-than-human-world - all things are interconnected. If we are proximate with this truth then we are more likely to act on its behalf. By doing so, she hopes to highlight the nuances and contradictions that exist in all stories and cultivate a sense of understanding and compassion in audiences. 

Madison is currently in production of her first documentary feature - Her Inherent Belonging - a character-driven film about Finnish craftswomen, identity and sense of place. She is based in Finland from January to July 2025.

Madison has had the privilege to work on predominately impact-driven conservation filmmaking for her career. Since 2022, she has worked with National Geographic’s Pristine Seas in field production for stories in the Marshall Islands, Palau and Papua New Guinea. She received her BFA in Environmental Studies & Studio Art from Franklin University Switzerland and her MFA in Science & Natural History Filmmaking from Montana State University. Madison’s films Red Wolf Revival and Fungiphilia Rising have been broadcasted and featured at film festivals and in classrooms around the world. 

She is also an instructor and consultant, previously teaching documentary production to high school and non-traditional college students in the Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet) & Apsalooke (Crow) communities and with Tibetan community leaders in-exile in Northern India.

When she is not making films, Madison is experimenting with dyeing textiles with natural dyes and studying bioregional herbalism - and growing and foraging the plants for both. She shares her love for plants and the natural world by creating small-batch hand dyed clothing and herbal remedies with her small project Solar Plant and Dye Stuff. She is also a mountain ultrarunner, avid fermenter and (slowly) studying to be a dharma teacher.

Madison is available for documentary film production (from concept to delivery), photojournalism assignments, documentary production workshops, and consultation worldwide. 

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