Carolyn Marks Blackwood
Carolyn Marks Blackwood is a screenwriter, producer and principal partner at Magnolia Mae Films. Among the films produced by Magnolia Mae are Thirteen Lives (directed by Ron Howard), The Dig, The Duchess, Philomena, and the upcoming Switzerland and Elsinore.
Carolyn is also a Fine Art Photographer whose subject matter has focused on elements of the Hudson River. With a house on a 120-foot cliff that affords a 180 degree view of the Hudson, she photographs the river in every season, time of day and kind of weather.
Motivated by her love for the Hudson, Carolyn has been involved in a variety of causes to protect the river, and has been a highly active supporter of Riverkeeper’s advocacy campaigns -- especially around the successful push to stop the construction of crude-oil anchorages in the River, and efforts to protect drinking water quality for Hudson River communities. She also recently produced The Keeper, a documentary about Riverkeeper’s former boat captain, John Lipscomb.
In addition to going out on the water on Riverkeeper’s patrol boat, Carolyn has been a frequent guest on the Coast Guard Icebreakers that keep the shipping lanes open in the Winter. These trips inspired her to join a scientific expedition in the Arctic on the USCGC Healy -- the Coast Guard's largest Icebreaker vessel -- as a photographer in service of their mission.
Carolyn lives in Rhinebeck, NY with her husband, Gregory Quinn.