Maureen Selwood was born in Dublin, Ireland. She started making films after graduating from the Tisch School of the Arts in New York City. Aptly described as poetic odysseys, her work utilizes hand-drawn animation and, most recently, installation. She has been a recipient of numerous awards including the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. American Film Institute Filmmaker Grant, and a a MacDowell Colony fellowship. Her book, Green is for Privacy, was written while studying the origins of the prayer Hail Mary as a Visual Arts Rome Prize recipient at the American Academy in Rome. She lives in Los Angeles where she is on the faculty of CalArts and is a freelance director with Duck Studios.Currently (2009) the co-director of Experimental Animation Department at CalArts.[Source: Artist Career Narrative on Selwood's website]