Marissa Goldman
Directing
Biography
Marissa Goldman is an LA/NY based filmmaker. Her most recent short, Max Distance, premiered at SXSW and went on to play Aspen Shortsfest, Palm Springs Shortsfest and more. It will premiere on Nowness and Vimeo Staff Picks next year. Her previous shorts have been selected by NoBudge, Brooklyn Film Festival, New/Next film festival and more. She has made work for Adult Swim, Vice, Complex, and more. Her work has been featured in publications such as Vulture, Teen Vogue, Fast Company, WNYC, Directors Notes, Film Shortage, Time Out NY. She directed and created the first pandemic live-streamed comedy and video show "Marissa's Google Doc Quarantine Party," and it was highlighted by Google Arts and Culture. In addition to her narrative work, Marissa makes branded content and social media videos for various brands. She has a degree from RISD in film. Currently, she is working on a few new projects including her first feature.
Known For
Vanessa Building is a sweet, well-meaning, naive girl who works in a skyscraper that her dad built. After her business partners go to prison for financial crimes, she must run the largest financial services company in the world all by herself.
CEO Skyscraper
Thriller by Ralph Soll.
Cortex
Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.
Max Distance
A girl dressed like a tree tries to find her way home. “Tree Girl" begins with a spot-on replica of a makeup tutorial video, complete with flashy editing and thumping background music, about how to make yourself look like a tree.
Tree Girl
Two strangers bond while awaiting separate Tinder dates at an oddly specific spot at a disc golf course.
2 Guys
In this experimental documentary, a comedian’s break-up leads her to a surprising journey with a community of LARPers.
Sad LARP
When the workday ends the office computers power up to gossip about their users.
Power Up for the Weekend
Miranda, a young filmmaker facing one too many festival rejections, confronts the programmer who turned her down.