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    Martha Coolidge

    American filmmaker (born 1946)

    Martha Coolidge (born August 17, 1946)[1] is an American film director and former President of the Directors Guild of America.[2] She has directed such films as Valley Girl,Real Genius and Rambling Rose.

    Early life

    Coolidge was born in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] She is a granddaughter of Arthur W.

    Coolidge, former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, who was a fourth cousin of President Calvin Coolidge.[3]

    Coolidge studied illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, but changed majors, becoming the first film major at the school.[4] She earned her MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.[3] Later in Los Angeles, she studied acting and other aspects of her craft with Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, Joanne Baron, and David Craig.

    Career

    Coolidge first made her reputation by directing many award-winning documentaries in New York City. While i