In 2011, Gerwig received an award for Acting from the Athena Film Festival for her artistry as one of Hollywood's definitive screen actresses of her generation. Jason Buff is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and founder of the Indie Film Academy. In 2017, she wrote and directed the highly acclaimed, semi-autobiographical teen movie Lady Bird (2017), set in 2002-2003, and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Timothée Chalamet. Both tall and immature, awkward and graceful, blundering and candid, annoying and engaging, Greta has won all hearts in the title role of Frances Ha(liday). She has worked with good quality directors such as Ti West ( The House of the Devil (2009)), Whit Stillman ( Damsels in Distress (2011)), or Woody Allen ( To Rome with Love (2012)) but success and (international) recognition did not come until Frances Ha (2012), directed by Noah Baumbach, a film she also co-wrote. She then appeared in many of Swanberg's films, and personally co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced one entitled Nights and Weekends (2008). Gerwig was cast in a minor role in Swanberg's LOL (2006) in 2006, while still studying at Barnard. Originally intending to become a playwright, after meeting young film director Joe Swanberg, she became the star of a series of intellectual low budget movies made by first-time filmmakers, a trend dubbed "mumblecore". She graduated from Barnard College in NY, where she studied English and philosophy, instead. With an early interest in dance, she intended to get a degree in musical theatre in New York. She has described herself as "an intense child". Gerwig was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, but also attended an all-girls Catholic school. She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, to Christine Gerwig (née Sauer), a nurse, and Gordon Gerwig, a financial consultant and computer programmer. Gerwig made her solo directorial debut with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama film Lady Bird (2017), which she also wrote, and has also had starring roles in the films Damsels in Distress (2011), Jackie (2016), and 20th Century Women (2016). She has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America (2015). In 2021 "Ugly" also won an award for Best Pilot-Series from LA Independent Film Channel Festival.Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. The pilot episode of "Ugly" was nominated for Best Web and New Media, Best Web Series/TV Pilot, Television - Pilot Program, and Best Series-Web-Pilot by LA Independent Women Film Awards. "Ugly" is a story about color-ism's effects on an African American actress's black identity. Bella's current project is a pilot for "Ugly," which she wrote, produced, and directed. In, 2021 she appeared as the lead model on the album cover trailer for Grammy-nominated Hip Hop rap star Baby Keem's debut album, "The Melodic Blue." Bella has written and produced multiple independent projects. Early in her career, she worked as a model and later starred in her first feature independent film, "The Internship Games," in 2015. Bella Maori is a Southern California native and was raised in Los Angeles.
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