Marielle Heller

Marielle Heller's first feature film The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which she directed and wrote (adapted from the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner) has premiered and won awards at the Sundance Film Festival, Berlinale, Edinburgh Film Festival, and more all over the world. It was scooped up by Sony Pictures Classics at Sundance.

Heller has been honored with numerous fellowships opportunities for her work including the 2012 Sundance Screenwriting Fellowship and Directing Fellowship, the Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship and the Maryland Film Festival Fellowship. She was awarded Sundance Institute's prestigious Vanguard Award, along with Alejandro Inarritu. Also an actress, Heller has made appearances in numerous television series and films and has performed at theaters all over the world. Heller currently resides in New York with her husband and son.

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