Maria Baltazzi

Maria Baltazzi is an Emmy award winning producer and creator of TV shows, was one of 4 Senior Producers for seasons of Survivor, Borneo (1st), Australia (2nd), Africa (3rd), Thailand (5th), Pearl Islands (7th), All-stars (8th), and Vanuatu (9th).  After her time with Survivor Maria launched her own production company called Sojourn. Working through Sojourn, she developed and Executive Produced with Mr. Burnett, Expedition Africa: Stanley & Livingstone for History. The series was Emmy nominated for Outstanding Cinematography Non-fiction.

Other series include National Geographic’s Earth Live!, ABC’s pilot, The Gift, Lifetime’s Women of The Bible from creators Roma Downey and Mark Burnett, Animal Planet’s critically acclaimed 3-part series, Battleground: Rhino Wars. This project was shot in South Africa around the Greater Kruger Area, north of Johannesburg. The story revolved around four US Special Forces Operators working alongside a South African anti-poaching team to hunt down rhino poachers. The show aired in the United States, South Africa, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, and China. World’s Toughest Truckers, a co-production for Discovery US and Channel 5 UK; One Man Army for Discovery and Renegade 83; Sarah Palin’s Alaska for TLC and Mark Burnett. This series debuted at almost 5 million viewers; this was the biggest premiere in TLC’s history.

Maria has been on all seven continents twice and in more countries than she can count. Location production experience include: Alaska, Antarctica, Australia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, England, Fiji, Guatemala, Hawaii, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mexico, Mongolia, Okinawa, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, St. Barts, St. Martin, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vanuatu, and Zanzibar. She is an innovator whose career is an inspiration.

When Maria graduated with her MFA from The Art Center College of Design she decided that she wanted to travel and create adventure television. She has made that dream happen, and more.