Marissa Vonn
Directing
Biography
Marissa Vonn is a Director, Writer, and First Assistant Director based in Los Angeles, California. After writing and directing a dozen of her own short films, her long-awaited debut feature film ‘Knee High’ is currently in the festival circuit. Marissa grew up in Iowa and her past few films (‘Next of Kin’, ‘Domicile’, and ‘Knee High’) were all filmed in Iowa with frequent collaborators, DEFT. She loves bringing together crews that turn into friends and keeps a strict “no a******s” policy. She is currently developing three features and prepping to direct on an episodic project. On a day to day basis, Marissa can be found in a staggering and ever growing number of credits of feature and short films as a First Assistant Director.
Known For
After getting laid off, young single-mom Beth finds herself living in her car and struggles to hide her homelessness from her estranged brother Ben.
Scrap
Novelist Emma Strand is on vacation at the seaside in 1892 California with her second husband Albert when she encounters her first husband George and his mentally unstable new wife, Lillian. Emma and Albert take refuge from a sudden storm at George and Lillian's mansion. Over the course of the evening, Emma must confront her past, the temptation of adultery, and the disturbing possibility the house is haunted by George and Lillian's recently drowned daughter Hazel.
Séance
A man is in jeopardy of losing his family farm after a death in the family.
Knee High
In the late 1960s, an aging Dion DiMucci, struggling to stay relevant in a rapidly changing America, meets an ambitious young John Denver who helps reignite his passion for music and reminds him of their place in the cultural spotlight.
Dion & Denver
Ruby has an anxiety attack and trips down the rabbit hole of her mind, where she meets versions of herself who take over her life.
Anxious.
A feckless loner receives cryptic TV broadcasts from a mysterious deity whose teachings inspire a strange and radical holy awakening.
A Cotton Moon
He's an Amish man raised to fear technology, and she's half machine. Together - they might just outlive the apocalypse.
MARIE
A distraught man is chased from his feet.
Killer Feet
A young deaf boy partakes in his first day of mainstream schooling.
A.S.L.
Set against the Iowa farmlands, "Knee High" follows Calvin Melbourne as he struggles to keep hold of the reins to the family farm while still making time for his young son Avery.
Knee High
Small town obituary writer, Helena, must decide to face their past or run when their own death notice lands on the desk.
Next of Kin
“The Oldest” focuses on the inner life of a girl forced to grow up too fast, longing to escape her stressful home life and just be a kid. It tells the story of addiction's impact on children, and the lonely world it creates. It highlights the gulf of difference between the heaviness of home life with an addict and the freedom of just being a kid. It’s also about a girl’s relationship with nature and how a big Iowa sky can hold you when you have no where else to go.