Maria Giese

Maria Giese
Occupation	Filmmaker

Maria Giese is an American film director and screenwriter. She has 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 & Technology.^[1] While at UCLA, she produced the student film A Dry Heat, for which she won a CINE Golden Eagle Award.^[2] She wrote and directed the 1996 British film When Saturday Comes,^[3] based on the early life of her then-husband, British film producer James Daly.^[4] Daly, who produced When Saturday Comes, separated from Giese a year after the film's release.^[5] She also wrote, directed, and co-produced Hunger, based on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist novel of the same title.^[6]

Filmography

• When Saturday Comes (1996)
• Hunger (2001)

References

1. ^ M. Giese. "Biography for Maria Giese". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317440/bio. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
2. ^ "CINE GOLDEN EAGLE FILM& VIDEO COMPETITION 1993 WINNER DIRECTORY" (PDF) (Press release). Cine. http://www.cine.org/directories/1993-CINE-Winner-Directory.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
3. ^ Loewenstein, Lael. "Interview with Director Maria Giese". (UCLA). http://www.compleatseanbean.com/satcome4.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12. 
4. ^ Elley, Derek (1996-03-26). "When Saturday Comes". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905093.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
5. ^ Kent, Winona (2002-07-12). "When Saturday Comes". The Complete Sean Bean. http://www.compleatseanbean.com/sat-come.html. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 
6. ^ "Hunger" (Press release). IndieFest. http://www.sfindie.com/archive-indiefest01/html/hunger.html. Retrieved 2007-02-11. 

External links

• Maria Giese at the Internet Movie Database

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