Gorris, Marleen (1948–)

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Gorris, Marleen (1948–)

Dutch film director and screenwriter. Born Dec 9, 1948, in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands; sister of Henk Gorris (history teacher); studied drama at University of Amsterdam.

Wrote screenplay and directed 1st film De Stilte rond Christine M. (1982) and did double duty on Gebroken spiegels (1984), The Last Island (1990) and Antonia's Line (1995), which was the Dutch entry for Best Foreign Language at that year's Academy Awards; also filmed Mrs. Dalloway (1997), starring Vanessa Redgrave, The Luzhin Defence (2000), Carolina (2003) and Barry (2005).