Maria Giese

Maria Giese
Born United States
Occupation Film director, screenwriter

Maria Giese is an American feature film director and screenwriter. A member of the Directors Guild of America, and an activist for parity for women directors in Hollywood, she writes and lectures about the under-representation of women filmmakers in the United States.

Early life

She has a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and a Masters of Fine Arts in film directing from the University of California, Los Angeles's Graduate School of Film and Technology.[1] While at UCLA, she produced the student film A Dry Heat,[2] for which she won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.[3]

Career

Giese wrote and directed the 1996 British film When Saturday Comes,[4] produced by Capitol Films, UK, starring Sean Bean, Pete Postlethwaite, and Emily Lloyd.[5] She also wrote, directed, and co-produced Hunger, based on Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist novel of the same title.[6] Hunger was the first digital film made based on a classic work of literature. It starred Joseph Culp and Robert Culp and received two Best Film Awards and a Best Underground Film award.[7]

Giese's other directing work includes the short doc A Lotta Lambada, the short film Take Your Seat (aka Jewish Water) which also won a Cine Golden Eagle, and an episode of the TV sitcom Solo En America for Columbia TriStar. She did uncredited rewrites on the 1996 film North Star.

She has taught film & TV production at UCLA Extension,[8] lectures regularly, and writes extensively.

Giese is an active member of the Directors Guild of America since 1999 and currently serves as the Women’s DGA Director Category Rep.[9]

Awards

Giese is the recipient of numerous awards including two Golden Cine Eagles, a Kovler Writing Award, a Spotlight Award, First Prize at the American International Film Festival, a Charles Speroni Scholarship, and an MPAA Award of Excellence.

Activism

Giese is an activist for women directors. She is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors.[10] She co-founded, and frequently writes for, the advocacy website Women Directors in Hollywood.[11] Her writings have also appeared in Ms. Magazine[12] and Indiewire.[13]

Personal life

Giese lives in Venice, CA

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Giese, Maria. "Auteur Directors: Any American Women?". Indiewire. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Maria Giese". Mobile Film School. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "CINE GOLDEN EAGLE FILM& VIDEO COMPETITION 1993 WINNER DIRECTORY" (PDF) (Press release). Cine. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  4. ↑ Loewenstein, Lael. "Interview with Director Maria Giese". (UCLA). Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  5. ↑ Elley, Derek (1996-03-26). "When Saturday Comes". Variety. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  6. ↑ "Hunger" (Press release). IndieFest. Retrieved 2007-02-11.
  7. ↑ "Hunger the Film". Hunger the Film. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Teacher's Guide" (PDF). UCLA. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "About the Women's Steering Committee". DGA.org. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Alliance of Women Directors Members". Alliance of Women Directors. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Women Directors in Hollywood". Women Directors in Hollywood. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Giese, Maria. "Lights, Camera, Inaction!". MS Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  13. ↑ Giese, Maria. "DGA Celebrates Women Directors, But What's the Next Move?". Indiewire. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

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