Brit Marling

Brit Heyworth Marling (lahir 7 Agustus 1982) adalah seorang penulis, produser, sutradara, dan aktris Amerika. Setelah mengambil jurusan ekonomi di Universitas Georgetown, Brit pindah ke Los Angeles bersama temannya Mike Cahil dan Zal Batmanglij untuk melanjutkan penulisan skenario dan akting. Marling lahir di Chicago, Illinois. Dia diberi nama "Brit" setelah nenek buyut dari pihak ibu Norwegia. Dia lulus dari Universitas Georgetown pada tahun 2005 dengan gelar di bidang ekonomi dan seni studio, dan menjadi pembaca pidato perpisahan di kelasnya. Setelah lulus dari Georgetown, Marling menghabiskan musim panas dengan magang di perusahaan perbankan investasi Goldman Sachs. Dia kemudian menolak tawaran pekerjaan dari perusahaan tersebut, dan memilih pindah ke Kuba bersama teman dan sutradara Mike Cahill untuk membuat film dokumenter Boxers and Ballerinas. Untuk film dokumenter inilah Marling pertama kali mendapat pengakuan pada tahun 2004; setelah ikut menulis film tersebut dengan Mike Cahill dan Nicholas Shumaker dan menjadi sutradara bersama Mike Cahill. Marling juga ikut menulis, ikut memproduseri, dan berakting dalam film tahun 2011 Sound of My Voice dan Another Earth. Kedua film ini ditampilkan di Sundance Film Festival 2011, dengan Another Earth memenangkan Penghargaan Alfred P. Sloan untuk film luar biasa dengan tema utama sains, teknologi, atau matematika. Pada tahun 2012, ia berperan sebagai putri Richard Gere di Arbitrase. Pada tahun 2013, dia berkolaborasi dengan Sundance sekali lagi dalam peran utamanya di The East bersama Elliot Page dan Alexander Skarsgård.

Brit Heyworth Marling (born August 7, 1982) is an American writer, producer, director, and actress. After majoring in economics at Georgetown University, Brit moved to Los Angeles with friends Mike Cahil and Zal Batmanglij to pursue screenplay writing and acting. Marling was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was named "Brit" after her Norwegian maternal great-grandmother. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2005 with degrees in economics and studio art, and was her class Valedictorian. Following graduation from Georgetown, Marling spent a summer interning for the investing banking firm Goldman Sachs. She later turned down a job offer from the firm, opting instead to move to Cuba with friend and director Mike Cahill to film the documentary Boxers and Ballerinas. It was for this documentary that Marling first gained recognition in 2004; having co-written the film with Mike Cahill and Nicholas Shumaker and co-directed with Mike Cahill. Marling also co-wrote, co-produced, and acted in the 2011 films Sound of My Voice and Another Earth. Both of these films were featured at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, with Another Earth winning the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for outstanding film with science, technology or math as a major theme. In 2012, she played Richard Gere's daughter in Arbitrage. In 2013, she collaborated with Sundance once again on her lead role in The East alongside Elliot Page and Alexander Skarsgård.