Marya Cohn
{{short description|American screenwriter and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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Marya Cohn is an American screenwriter and director.
Biography
In 1994, Cohn directed the student short film Developing. The film starred a then unknown Natalie Portman in her first film role.
In 2013, Cohn began filming her feature film debut, The Girl in the Book starring Emily Vancamp in a semi-autobiographical film about a young book editor who is forced to work with a man who abused her as a teenager.{{cite web|last1=Berger|first1=Laura|title=LAFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Marya Cohn - 'The Girl in the Book'|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/laff-2015-women-directors-meet-marya-cohn-the-girl-in-the-book-20150610|accessdate=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208110304/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/laff-2015-women-directors-meet-marya-cohn-the-girl-in-the-book-20150610|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}} Post-production for the film was completed via kickstarter{{cite web|url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegirlinthebook/the-girl-in-the-book?ref=live|title=The Girl in the Book: Feature Film by Marya Cohn|work=Kickstarter|date=June 17, 2013|accessdate=August 26, 2013}} The film premiered at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival.{{cite web|last1=Harvey|first1=Dennis|title=Film Review: 'The Girl in the Book'|date=28 October 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/the-girl-in-the-book-review-1201623836/|accessdate=30 November 2015}} It was acquired by Myriad Pictures and given a limited release in December 2015.{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Emily VanCamp's 'Girl in the Book' Bought by Myriad for U.S.|date=15 October 2015 |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/emily-vancamp-girl-in-the-book-myriad-1201618947/|accessdate=30 November 2015}}
Cohn is the daughter of talent agent Sam Cohn. She is of partially Jewish descent.[https://deadline.com/2009/05/rip-sam-cohn-9188/ Deadline: "R.I.P. Sam Cohn" by Nikki Finke] May 6, 2009
In 1994, she married director Fraser Bresnahan.{{cite news|title=WEDDINGS; Marya R. Cohn, Fraser Bresnahan|work=The New York Times |date=23 October 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/23/style/weddings-marya-r-cohn-fraser-bresnahan.html|accessdate=30 November 2015}}
In 2001, she married Dutch director Tjebbo Penning.
Filmography
- Developing (1994)
- The Girl in the Book (2015)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0169926}}
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Category:Film directors from New York City
Category:American women screenwriters