Martha Coolidge Biography (1946-)

Born August 17, 1946, in New Haven, CT; married Michael Backes (a producer).Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Director, producer, writer, editor
Birth Details: August 17, 1946; New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Herself, Not a Pretty Picture (documentary), Other Cinema Ltd., 1975
Herself, Fifty Years of Action! (documentary), Directors Guild ofAmerica Golden Jubilee Committee, 1986
Herself, That's Adequate, Manley/Vidmark Entertainment, 1988
Calling the Shots (documentary), World Artists Releasing/CineplexOdeon, 1988
Security woman, Beverly Hills Cop III, 1994
Film Work
Producer and director, David: Off and On (documentary), 1972
Producer and director, More Than a School (documentary), 1973
Producer, director, and editor, Old Fashioned Woman (documentary),Films Inc., 1974
Executive producer, director, and editor, Not a Pretty Picture (documentary), Other Cinema Ltd., 1976
Director, Employment Discrimination: The Troubleshooters, 1976
Producer and director, Bimbo (short film), 1978
Director, Valley Girl (also known as Bad Boyz and RebelDreams), Atlantic, 1983
Producer and director, The City Girl, Moon, 1984
Director, Joy of Sex (also known as National Lampoon's TheJoy of Sex), Paramount, 1984
Director, Real Genius, Tri-Star, 1985
Director, Plain Clothes (also known as Glory Days), Paramount, 1988
Director, Rambling Rose, 1991
Director, Lost in Yonkers (also known as Neil Simon's Lostin Yonkers), 1993
Director, Angie, 1994
Director, Three Wishes, 1995
Director, Out to Sea, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Also worked as producer and director, Passing Quietly Through (documentary); producer and director, The Friendly (short film).
Television Appearances
Specials
In Search of Oz, Arts and Entertainment, 1993

Host, Directors on Film: A Conversation about Preservation, AMC, 1994
Nicolas Cage: Wild at Heart, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood, 2000
Episodic
Champlin on Film, Bravo, 1989
The Directors, Encore, 1999
Television Producer
Series
Magic Tom, 1968
Television Director, Except Where Indicated
Movies
Trenchcoat in Paradise, CBS, 1989
Bare Essentials, CBS, 1991
Crazy in Love, TNT, 1992
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, HBO, 1999
"1972," If These Walls Could Talk, HBO, 2000
Executive producer, Rip Girls, Disney Channel, 2000
Television Work
Pilots
Sledge Hammer!, ABC, 1987
(And executive producer) Boston Grace, UPN, 1998
Television Director
Specials
Roughhouse (also known as "House and Home"; broadcast as an episode of CBS Summer Playhouse), CBS, 1988
Episodic
"Night of the Meek," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
"Quarantine," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
"Shelter Skelter," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985
Also directed "Strawberries & Gold," Winners.
WRITINGS
Screenplays
David: Off and On, 1972
More Than a School, 1973
Old Fashioned Woman, Films Inc., 1974
Not a Pretty Picture, Other Cinema Ltd., 1976
(Story only) The London Connection (also known as The Omega Connection), 1979
(Story only) The City Girl, Moon, 1984
Also wrote Passing Quietly Through.
Television Episodes
Magic Tom, 1968

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Literature-Film Quarterly, April, 1999, p. 149.
Los Angeles Times, May 5, 1983, p. 1; July 17, 1984, p. 1.
New York Times, May 6, 1983, p. 22.

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