Audrey Marrs

Audrey Marrs
Born
Audrey Marie Marrs

(1970-06-25) June 25, 1970 (age 54)
United States
Alma materThe Evergreen State College, California College of the Arts
Occupation(s)Film producer, CEO, musician

Audrey Marie Marrs (born June 25, 1970) is an American film producer, the Chief Operating Officer of Representational Pictures, Inc. She is a former punk rock musician and co-founder of Ladyfest.

Biography

Marrs is also half-Japanese. Her mother, Mariko, is a native of Japan and also did set decoration for Marrs' Oscar-winning film, Inside Job.[1]

She attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, graduating with an undergraduate degree in 1996.[2] In 2008, Marrs received a Master of Arts degree in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts.[3]

She was married to musician Jesse Michaels. She has since remarried and she and her husband have two children.[2][4]

Film

Marrs is the producer of No End in Sight, which is her first film.[5] It won a Special Jury Prize for documentaries at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. She and Charles H. Ferguson were also nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature film category for the film.[6]

Marrs next produced Inside Job with Ferguson, a documentary about the 2007–2008 financial crisis, which was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. Inside Job was released by Sony Pictures Classics in October 2010 and subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[7]

Music

Before her film career, Marrs was a participant in the Olympia, Washington indie rock scene. Marrs graduated Tumwater High School in Tumwater, Washington in 1988.[8] She graduated from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington in 1996.[9]

In 2001 she was working as an art curator and was a co-founder of Ladyfest, a global music and arts festival.[3]

In 2002, Marrs was the keyboardist for the album Girls Get Busy by the punk band Bratmobile. Before that, she was a member of the band Mocket.[3]

References

  1. ^ "New Girl Crush: Academy Award Winner Audrey Marrs | DISGRASIAN™". Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
  2. ^ a b "From Sundance to the Oscars" (PDF). Evergreen State College. 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-12-29. She resides in Berkeley, Calif., with her husband Jesse Michaels.
  3. ^ a b c "Audrey Marrs". Glance. California College of the Arts. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. ^ Krentcil, Faran (2016-06-06). "Audrey Marrs Took the Riot Grrrl Road to the Oscars". ELLE. Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2020-12-27. Before this film, I had two children.
  5. ^ Lattman, Peter (28 February 2011). "DealBook: 'Inside Job' Wins Oscar". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  6. ^ "Nominees | 80th Annual Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-23. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Best documentary | 'Inside Job'", Kansas City Star, February 28, 2010
  8. ^ "Reunions Unlimited". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
  9. ^ "Your Way In". The Evergreen State College. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2020.