Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, writer, and director. Gerwig was born in Sacramento, California on August 4th, 1983. She is daughter to Christine and Gordon Gerwig, her mother being a nurse and her father working for a credit union on small business loans. She has a close relationship with her parents, as well as with her older brother and sister. She has German, Irish, and English ancestry. She attended St. Francis High School, an all-girls Catholic school in Sacramento and showed an early interest in dance, and tried to to complete a degree in musical theatre in New York, but ended up graduating from Barnard College with a degree in English and philosophy.
Gerwing has been dating writer-director Noah Baumbach since late 2011. …show more content…
Baumbach and Gerwig first met on his 2010 film Greenberg, but did not become a couple until they filmed the 2012 movie Frances Ha. She currently lives in New York City. “She was the reason I believed this was the proper way to introduce myself to the city. And the city felt like my mother. New York City felt like home because it felt like her.”, Gerwig says.
Gerwig originally intended to become a playwright, but turned to acting when she was not admitted to playwriting MFA programs. In 2006, while still studying at Barnard, she was cast in a minor role in Joe Swanberg's LOL, and appeared in Baghead by Jay and Mark Duplass. Gerwig has said "I was really depressed. I was 25 and thinking, 'This is supposed to be the best time and I'm miserable' but it felt like acting was happening for me, and I went back to acting classes". In 2010, Gerwig starred in Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg. Gerwig and Baumbach co-wrote his next film, Frances Ha, which was released in May 2013 after having toured the festival circuit since September …show more content…
Although first-time-directors winning Academy awards is not as rare as people seem to think it is, it is impressive nonetheless. Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman in history to be nominated in the category of Best Director. Her achievements inspire women around the world, age not being a matter. She has made clear that her goal is to keep a more directorial career, and make more “woman films”; She describes them as movies about and revolving around women, honest, raw, accurate, and relatable movies. Besides this, Greta Gerwig mentions that she wants her achievements to be acknowledged as their own, not just because she is a woman. She wants her accomplishments to be acknowledged because of they’re worth and how hard she worked, not for the simple fact that she is a certain gender. She believes it is and would be a way to normalize women in the media, because there is not reason why it shouldn’t be. Gerwig’s movie, “Ladybird”, is a beautiful, raw, and authentic movie about the relationship between a mother and her daughter. Ladybird is a senior in high school, dealing with her plans for college, friendships, relationships, and her relationship with her family. The dynamic between her and her mother, Marion, is the most realistic and caring I personally have seen in any movie to this point in my life (and I love cinema). I always thought me and my mother’s
Gerwing has been dating writer-director Noah Baumbach since late 2011. …show more content…
Baumbach and Gerwig first met on his 2010 film Greenberg, but did not become a couple until they filmed the 2012 movie Frances Ha. She currently lives in New York City. “She was the reason I believed this was the proper way to introduce myself to the city. And the city felt like my mother. New York City felt like home because it felt like her.”, Gerwig says.
Gerwig originally intended to become a playwright, but turned to acting when she was not admitted to playwriting MFA programs. In 2006, while still studying at Barnard, she was cast in a minor role in Joe Swanberg's LOL, and appeared in Baghead by Jay and Mark Duplass. Gerwig has said "I was really depressed. I was 25 and thinking, 'This is supposed to be the best time and I'm miserable' but it felt like acting was happening for me, and I went back to acting classes". In 2010, Gerwig starred in Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg. Gerwig and Baumbach co-wrote his next film, Frances Ha, which was released in May 2013 after having toured the festival circuit since September …show more content…
Although first-time-directors winning Academy awards is not as rare as people seem to think it is, it is impressive nonetheless. Greta Gerwig is the fifth woman in history to be nominated in the category of Best Director. Her achievements inspire women around the world, age not being a matter. She has made clear that her goal is to keep a more directorial career, and make more “woman films”; She describes them as movies about and revolving around women, honest, raw, accurate, and relatable movies. Besides this, Greta Gerwig mentions that she wants her achievements to be acknowledged as their own, not just because she is a woman. She wants her accomplishments to be acknowledged because of they’re worth and how hard she worked, not for the simple fact that she is a certain gender. She believes it is and would be a way to normalize women in the media, because there is not reason why it shouldn’t be. Gerwig’s movie, “Ladybird”, is a beautiful, raw, and authentic movie about the relationship between a mother and her daughter. Ladybird is a senior in high school, dealing with her plans for college, friendships, relationships, and her relationship with her family. The dynamic between her and her mother, Marion, is the most realistic and caring I personally have seen in any movie to this point in my life (and I love cinema). I always thought me and my mother’s