Age: 42
female
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director based in NY. 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). 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). Greta Celeste Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California, to Christine Gerwig (née Sauer), a nurse, and Gordon Gerwig, a financial consultant and computer programmer. She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. Gerwig was raised as a Unitarian Universalist, but also attended an all-girls Catholic school. She has described herself as "an intense child". With an early interest in dance, she intended to get a degree in musical theatre in New York. She graduated from Barnard College in NY, where she studied English and philosophy, instead. 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". Gerwig was cast in a minor role in Swanberg's LOL (2006) in 2006, while still studying at Barnard. She then appeared in many of Swanberg's films, and personally co-directed, co-wrote and co-produced one entitled Nights and Weekends (2008). 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. 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). 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. 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.
Greta Gerwig
Director
for Director in The Invisible Spy: The Virginia Hall Story
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"The Invisible Spy" is a gripping six-episode miniseries that chronicles the extraordinary life of Virginia Hall Goillot, an American who became one of the most highly decorated spies in World War II. Hall’s journey begins in 1930s Europe, where a hunting accident cost her her leg. Refusing to be deterred, she enters the world of espionage, where her tenacity, resourcefulness, and sharp mind defy conventional expectations. After joining the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Hall is parachuted into Nazi-occupied France. Using the code names "Marie" and "Diane," she befriends, leads, and empowers French resistance cells, orchestrating sabotage operations, gathering vital intelligence, and helping Allied forces weaken the Nazis’ stranglehold on Europe. Her prosthetic leg and her quiet, modest demeanor make her appear ordinary, yet it is this very ordinariness that allows her to blend into her surroundings and avoid detection from the ruthless Gestapo. Hall’s work is vital to the success of the Normandy Invasion, but her courage comes at great personal cost. She is one of the most hunted women in Europe by the Nazis, yet she continues to push forward, driven by her commitment to freedom.
