Marina Shron

Cuckoo's Nest Films
Director, Playwright and Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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November 2014

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About Marina

Marina Shron

New York based writer/filmmaker, Marina studied film and theatre at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Her plays have been produced nationally and internationally and she received awards and funding for her work from Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York Foundation for the Arts, as well as from Jerome and Fulbright foundations. Marina’s short films including her directorial debut Lullaby for Ray (2011), as well as Christina and Nikki, (2010) and The Silent Love of the Fish (2004) have screened at film festivals around the world and won awards including Best Short Film in Hamptons and Toronto and Creative Spirit Award for Originality/Creativity. Her feature films as a writer include Buddha’s Little Finger (Rohfilm,Germany – Telefilm, Canada) scheduled for release in 2015), and X-Tina (Rising Star in Screenwriting Award, Canada International Film Festival, in development). Marina’s latest film, Sea Child, premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, won the Accolades Competition Award, and screened at Toronto and Aesthetica Film Festivals, 2014. Marina teaches screenwriting and film at New School University, NY.

Unique traits: Russian born; combines European and American sensibilities; strong female leads.

Gender:
Female

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The Image Makers Budget: $5M - $10M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery An American war photographer becomes entangled in her Afghan lover's investigation of the CIA conspiracy and must risk her life and her family legacy to save him and expose the truth about America's longest and most futile war.

Credits

Sea Child (2014)
Film (short) by Zulutime Media Writer/Director
Buddha's Little Finger (2014)
Film by Rohfilm, Germany Co-Writer
Lullaby for Ray (2012)
Film (short) by Cuckoo's Nest Films Writer/Director
Christina and Nikki (2010)
Film (short) by Laughing Donut Writer
Eden (2007)
Theater by Chashama, NYC Writer
Time and the Beast (2006)
Theater by English Theatre, Berlin Writer
Christina (2005)
Theater by Soho Rep Theatre, NYC Writer
Mitya's Ordeal (2002)
Theater by Lincoln Center Festival Writer
King of Rats (2001)
Theater Writer

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Awards

2 Accolades Competition Awards for "Sea Child" and "Lullaby for Ray"
(2014)
Best Short at Toronto Indie Film festival for "Lullaby fir Ray"
(2012)
Best Short Film at ITN LA Film Festival for "Lullaby for Ray"
(2012)
Maverick Award for "Lullaby for Ray"
(2012)
Rising Star in Screenwriting Award from Canada International Film Festival for "X-TINA"
(2012)
Creative Spirit Award for Originality/Creativity for "Christina and Nikki"
(2011)
Foundation for Contemporary Art Post-Production Grant for "Lullaby for Ray"
(2011)
Fulbright Scholar Award
(2006)
Best Short at Hamptons International Film festival for "The Silent Love of the Fish"
(2004)
James Thurber Fellowship
(2002)
Jerome Foundation Fellowship
(2001)
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
(2000)