Maris Curran is a director and producer whose films have screened at Berlinale and MoMA and have been featured on The New York Times Op-Docs and the PBS series Independent Lens. Her debut narrative feature, Five Nights in Maine, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival starring David Oyelowo, Dianne Weist, and Rosie Perez. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, has participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program, and is a former Fulbright fellow.