Brit Marling

Brit Marling
Born 1983 (age 28–29)
Occupation Writer, Producer, Director, Actress

Brit Marling (born 1983 or 1984)[1] is an American writer, producer, director, and actress.

She graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 with a degree in economics.[2] She was named "Brit" after her Norwegian maternal great-grandmother.[3]

She first gained recognition in 2004 for the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas which she co-wrote with Mike Cahill and Nicholas Shumaker and co-directed with Mike Cahill.[4] Marling also co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in the 2011 films Sound of My Voice and Another Earth. Both of these films were featured at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, with Another Earth winning the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for outstanding film with science, technology or math as a major theme.[5]

Filmography

Film and television (selected)
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Sound of My Voice Maggie
2011 Another Earth Rhoda Williams San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress
Pending - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Performer
2011 Community Paige 1 episode
2012 Arbitrage Brooke Miller

References

  1. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/brit-marling-of-another-earth-does-stardom-her-way/2011/07/19/gIQAhmijTI_story.html
  2. ^ Alums Win Prizes at Sundance Film Festival, Georgetown Voice blog
  3. ^ http://movies.about.com/od/interviews/a/brit-marling-another-earth.htm
  4. ^ Boxers and Ballerinas (2004). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
  5. ^ "Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Awarded to Mike Cahill's Another Earth at 2011 Sundance Film Festival", Sundance.org, 28 January 2011. Retrieved January 29, 2011.

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