Mary J. Dixon was born to Glen and Vicki Dixon on September 16, 1986. She attended East Carolina University, where script writer and director Michael Tierno served as her professor and instructed her in the art of script writing after she attended his first class at the university. After she graduated, she moved back to the Virginia Beach area and accepted the role of lead writer and producer for director Scott Hansen. The two collaborated on The Possession Experiment, Scott and Mary creating the story together, and Mary penning the script solo. Mary currently is focusing on script writing and producing in several mediums of film.