Mary Jordan (officially Mary Kross; born 14 August 1969) is an American filmmaker, artist, activist and social justice advocate based in New York City. She grew up in the Bronx and in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She studied literature, cultural and social anthropology and art. She has lived in Australia, India, Thailand and Myanmar and traveled in more than 50 countries. At the age of 18, after a trip through North Africa, she made her first documentary film, a work about female circumcision. Jordan was especially interested in rites of passage and in matriarchal and polygamous societies, like in Papua New Guinea. At the age of 20 she was the producer of Canadian directors like Steve Chase and Marco Brambilla. In Sydney, Australia she founded the production firm Indigo Blue for music videos