Mary Billyou works professionally as a camera operator and assistant in the film and video industry. To date, her films have shown throughout the United States, the Czech Republic, and in China. A recent studio graduate of The Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program, she graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's MFA program in film and video in 2002. She currently participates in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space program, working on an installation, which includes a video she is finishing with the help of the Experimental TV Center's Finishing Funds 2006.