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.She has
an associate degree from Simon's Rock of Bard College, 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. While at UCLA, she wrote, directed, and
produced the student film A Dry Heat, for which she won a CINE Golden
Eagle Award.Giese wrote and directed the 1996 British film When
Saturday Comes, produced by Capitol Films, UK, starring Sean Bean,
Pete Postlethwaite, and Emily Lloyd. She also wrote, directed, and
co-produced Hunger, based on Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist novel
of the same title. 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.Giese's other directing work includes the short doc A Lotta
Lambada and the short film A Dry Heat, which won a UCLA Spotlight
award, a Cine Golden Eagle, and was a finalist for the 1991 Student
Academy Awards. She also directed 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.
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.She has
an associate degree from Simon's Rock of Bard College, 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. While at UCLA, she wrote, directed, and
produced the student film A Dry Heat, for which she won a CINE Golden
Eagle Award.Giese wrote and directed the 1996 British film When
Saturday Comes, produced by Capitol Films, UK, starring Sean Bean,
Pete Postlethwaite, and Emily Lloyd. She also wrote, directed, and
co-produced Hunger, based on Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist novel
of the same title. 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.Giese's other directing work includes the short doc A Lotta
Lambada and the short film A Dry Heat, which won a UCLA Spotlight
award, a Cine Golden Eagle, and was a finalist for the 1991 Student
Academy Awards. She also directed 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.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.