Martha Coolidge
Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946 in New Haven (Connecticut) ) is an American director and television producer , whose films mostly have a comedic-feminist background.
Martha Coolidge graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor's degree in 1968 and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 1974 . While still a student, she created acclaimed autobiographical short films. With Valley Girl (1983) she brought out the young Nicolas Cage , with Was für ein Genie (1985) she won the Grand Prix of the Festival du Film de Paris. The Lust of the Beautiful Rose (1991) won the Independent Spirit Award , and Laura Dern achieved her breakthrough with an Oscar nomination .
Since the 2000s she has mainly worked for various television series and films.
As a longtime functionary, she managed to become the first female president of the Directors Guild of America from 2002 to 2003 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1983: Valley Girl
- 1984: Joy of Sex
- 1985: What a Genius (Real Genius)
- 1989: pineapple and blue beans (trench coat in paradise)
- 1991: The Lust of the Beautiful Rose (Rambling Rose)
- 1992: Crazy in Love
- 1993: Trouble in Yonkers (Lost in the Yonkers)
- 1993: Angie
- 1995: The Secret of the Three Wishes
- 1997: you want to tango? (Out to Sea)
- 1999: Rising Star (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
- 2000: Women Love Women (If These Walls Could Talk 2)
- 2004: The prince & I (The Prince & Me)
- 2006: Material Girls
- 2006–2011: CSI - On the trail of the perpetrators (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2009: Nora Roberts - A House to Dream (Tribute)
- 2012: The Unknown (TV series)
Web links
- Martha Coolidge in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Homepage engl.
- Martha Coolidge on hollywood.com
- Martha Coolidge in the Encyclopaedia Britannica
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SURNAME | Coolidge, Martha |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1946 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven (Connecticut) , USA |