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Martha Coolidge’s work has ranged from the comedic to the serious and from the small screen to the big screen. Known as an “actor’s director,” she works to bring out the best in those she casts and the majority of her major films are character-driven, many of them focusing on women’s issues.
Dec 8, 2022 · “This film is based on incidents in the director’s life. The actress who plays Martha was also raped when she was in high school. Names and places have been changed.” Thus begins the harrowing and uniquely personal 1976 16mm feature Not a Pretty Picture by director Martha Coolidge (Valley Girl).
Martha Coolidge is one of America’s most distinguished directors, and is an important trailblazer for women entering the industry. Her award winning films led her from indies and documentaries in New York to Los Angeles to follow her dreams.
May 22, 2022 · Martha Coolidge is an American filmmaker who achieved commercial success directing films often underlain by a feminist perspective. Coolidge’s father was a professor of architecture at Yale ...
Martha Coolidge. Martha graduated from the University of California with simultaneous degrees – a Bachelor of Architecture from the college of Environmental Design, and a Bachelor of Arts in the History of Art, from the College of Letters and Sciences. She moved to New York to pursue set design and had numerous plays produced Off-Broadway.
Jul 26, 2019 · This time that awesomeness is Martha Coolidge. She is probably best known to '80s fans as the director of Valley Girl (1983) and Real Genius (1985). She was a trailblazer by becoming a female director of feature films at a time when that was almost unheard of. Not only did she help make those two '80s favorites, but she has gone on to an ...
Feb 25, 2022 · I'll Find You: Directed by Martha Coolidge. With Adelaide Clemens, Leo Suter, Stephen Dorff, Stellan Skarsgård. A Catholic opera singer and Jewish violin virtuoso dream of performing together at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City, but the German invasion of Poland tears them apart.
