Miranda July

Birthday: 15 February 1974, Barre, Vermont, USA

Birth Name: Miranda Jennifer Grossinger

Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.Daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard Grossinger, writers and publishers who founded Nor... Show more »

[on David Bowie, the musician she would most like to be] His voice is very matter of fact, poignant ...Show more »

[on David Bowie, the musician she would most like to be] His voice is very matter of fact, poignant without any filigree. Self-inventing, daring, and my wife would be Iman. Show less «

(on certain male directors) They become kind of brands. It's much harder to do that if you're a woma...Show more »

(on certain male directors) They become kind of brands. It's much harder to do that if you're a woman. That's crucial for longevity...All those men are also personal. I don't mind that, but I do mind that it's not really questioned, whereas I or another woman is looked at as so self-obsessed. Men are just not being judged in the same way. They're never going to be annoying in the same way. Show less «

I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.

(On her parents' differing religious backgrounds) There was no one specific belief but a kind of loo...Show more »

(On her parents' differing religious backgrounds) There was no one specific belief but a kind of looser spiritual believing in just about everything. I think there's something spiritual in a very day-to-day, mundane existence. It's impossible to articulate, and it's happening now, almost like a perverse secret. . . That's always sort of fascinating to me. Show less «

When I was very little, I probably wanted to be more normal. I probably wanted the Laura Ashley bedr...Show more »

When I was very little, I probably wanted to be more normal. I probably wanted the Laura Ashley bedroom, and instead I got thrift-store everything. Show less «

[on "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society" by The Kinks] It seems on the surface to ...Show more »

[on "The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society" by The Kinks] It seems on the surface to be almost cartoony and silly, but actually it's quite sad. Each song is a complete world with characters and locations. Big Sky is the song of the album, the one that makes me proud to be human. I listen anytime except when I'm writing: too many words. Show less «

[regarding Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)] When I was going through my first movie, I was go...Show more »

[regarding Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)] When I was going through my first movie, I was going through a really bad breakup. It was rough on me. But I was in this state where everything was kind of science-fictional. My whole world was upside down. It felt like a murder had taken place. I was alive. And he was alive. But it felt like something had been murdered. Show less «

(About losing her virginity:) I was 16. He was a 27-year-old grad student at Berkeley. I was always ...Show more »

(About losing her virginity:) I was 16. He was a 27-year-old grad student at Berkeley. I was always interested in sex, even as a kid. Sex includes shame and humiliation and fantasies and longing. It's so dense with the kinds of things I'm interested in. Show less «

I feel very blessed that I can be good to myself in that delicate, creative way. It's good to nurtur...Show more »

I feel very blessed that I can be good to myself in that delicate, creative way. It's good to nurture yourself, and it's good for the work, because it's always got room to grow. Show less «

Miranda July

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