Maria Giese
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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. While at UCLA, she produced the student film A Dry Heat, for which she won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. She wrote and directed the 1996 British film When Saturday Comes
, based on the early life of her then-husband, British film producer James Daly. Daly, who produced When Saturday Comes, separated from Giese a year after the film's release. She also wrote, directed, and co-produced Hunger
, based on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun
's 1890 existentialist novel of the same title
.
United States
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film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. 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
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
's Graduate School of Film & Technology. While at UCLA, she produced the student film A Dry Heat, for which she won a CINE Golden Eagle Award. She wrote and directed the 1996 British film When Saturday Comes
When Saturday Comes (film)
When Saturday Comes is a British film from 1996 starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd, directed by Maria Giese. It is about a factory worker who gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Hallam F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club...
, based on the early life of her then-husband, British film producer James Daly. Daly, who produced When Saturday Comes, separated from Giese a year after the film's release. She also wrote, directed, and co-produced Hunger
Hunger (2001 film)
Hunger is a 2001 film written and directed by Maria Giese, based upon the 1890 novel of the same title by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun....
, based on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian author, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. He was praised by King Haakon VII of Norway as Norway's soul....
's 1890 existentialist novel of the same title
Hunger (novel)
Hunger is a novel by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and was published in its final form in 1890. Parts of it had been published anonymously in the Danish magazine Ny Jord in 1888. The novel has been hailed as the literary opening of the 20th century and an outstanding example of modern,...
.
Filmography
- When Saturday ComesWhen Saturday Comes (film)When Saturday Comes is a British film from 1996 starring Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd, directed by Maria Giese. It is about a factory worker who gets scouted, firstly by the well-known non-league side Hallam F.C. and then later by Sheffield United Football Club...
(1996) - HungerHunger (2001 film)Hunger is a 2001 film written and directed by Maria Giese, based upon the 1890 novel of the same title by Norwegian author Knut Hamsun....
(2001)