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 Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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Four best friends - Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Bridget Vreeland, and Carmen Lowell - prepare for their first summer apart before junior year of high school. Before separating, they discover a pair of thrift-store jeans that mysteriously fits each of their completely different body types perfectly. Believing the pants are magical, the girls create a pact to mail them to one another throughout the summer as a symbol of their friendship. In Santorini, shy Lena falls for Kostas, a local boy, while staying with her traditional grandparents. But after a misunderstanding sparks a bitter feud between their families, Lena must find the courage to defend him and confess her feelings. Back in Maryland, sarcastic aspiring filmmaker Tibby spends the summer working retail and unexpectedly befriends Bailey, a witty 12-year-old girl battling terminal leukemia. Bailey’s fearless outlook changes Tibby’s perspective on life and inspires her filmmaking. Meanwhile, Carmen visits her father in South Carolina, only to discover he has built a seemingly perfect new family with his fiancée and stepchildren. Feeling abandoned and out of place, Carmen lashes out before eventually reconciling with him through painful honesty. At a soccer camp in Baja California, impulsive Bridget pursues an older coach, Eric, hoping romance will fill the emotional void left by her mother’s death. When he gently rejects her, Bridget spirals emotionally until Lena comes to help her return home. By the end of the summer, the girls reunite forever changed. They realize the true magic was never in the traveling pants themselves, but in the unconditional love and support of their friendship as they navigate the challenges of growing up.
