Maria Stanisheva is a film director/producer and founder of ANIMADOCS. She is a graduate of Sofia University, Central European University and New York Film Academy's Documentary filmmaking program and has over 10 years of experience working on TV and online series, independent and commissioned shorts. Maria specialises in social issue documentaries, animation and experimenting with mixed genres. The animated-documentary "Father" which she produced in 2012 was awarded 28 times, including the Golden Dove for Animated Film at DOK Leipzig Festival. Her 2016 animated campaign "Together to End Male Guardianship" commissioned by Human Rights Watch - an awareness campaign based on real-life stories from Saudi Arabia - was seen by over 10 million people and featured in the New York Times.