Miranda July

Miranda July

1974-02-15 Barre, Vermont, USA 55 Credits

Biography

Miranda July (born February 15, 1974) is a performing artist, musician, writer, actress and film director. Born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger, she works under the surname of "July," which can be traced to a character from a "girlzine" Miranda created with high school friend Johanna Fateman, called "Snarla". Description above from the Wikipedia article Miranda July, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Fire of Love

Fire of Love

2022

as Narrator (voice)

7.5
Acting

A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

El Planeta

El Planeta

2021

Thanks

6.2

Amidst the devastation of post-crisis Spain, mother and daughter bluff and grift to keep up the lifestyle they think they deserve, bonding over common...

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement

2021

as Awkward Woman Talking

Acting

A Woman Watches People.

Nichols Canyon Road

Nichols Canyon Road

2020

as Eyes-on-the-road

Acting

A short film inspired by David Hockney’s painting Nichols Canyon (1980).

Nichols Canyon Road

Nichols Canyon Road

2020

Director

Directing

A short film inspired by David Hockney’s painting Nichols Canyon (1980).

Kajillionaire

Kajillionaire

2020

Director, Writer

6.3
Directing Writing

Two con artists have spent 26 years training their only daughter to swindle, scam and steal at every turn. During a desperate and hastily conceived he...

Shirley

Shirley

2020

Thanks

6.1

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

July Interviews July: Deauville, 2005

2020

as Herself

Acting

Director Miranda July took a new video camera to the 2005 Deauville American Film Festival in France, which she was invited to attend with ME AND YOU ...

Miranda July: Where it Began

Miranda July: Where it Began

2020

as Herself

Acting

In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a perfor...

July Interviews July: Deauville, 2005

2020

Camera Operator, Director

Directing

Director Miranda July took a new video camera to the 2005 Deauville American Film Festival in France, which she was invited to attend with ME AND YOU ...

Open to the World

Open to the World

2020

9.0
Acting

Miranda July looks back at her Artangel project, an interfaith charity shop that opened up unannounced inside one of the world's most famous departmen...

Open to the World

Open to the World

2020

Director

9.0
Directing

Miranda July looks back at her Artangel project, an interfaith charity shop that opened up unannounced inside one of the world's most famous departmen...

How Does It Start

How Does It Start

2019

Thanks

5.7

With her self-absorbed parents distracted by their recent divorce, 12-year-old Rain is left alone to navigate the complexities of love and adulthood—a...

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

Thanks

6.9

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline

2018

as Regina

5.8
Acting

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her...

Half the Picture

Half the Picture

2018

as Self

6.6
Acting

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

2017

as Self

7.4
Acting

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence o...

Assholes

Assholes

2017

Thanks

6.6

Adah and Aaron are recovering addicts who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relaps...

No Light and No Land Anywhere

No Light and No Land Anywhere

2017

Executive Producer

4.8
Producing

Grieving her mother’s death and her own failing marriage, Lexi boards a plane from London to Los Angeles in search of the estranged father who abandon...

20th Century Women

20th Century Women

2016

Thanks

7.3

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment ...

Artistry/Technology

Artistry/Technology

2015

as Self

Acting

The film gives an insight into the minds of leading creative figures of our time and their thoughts on the relationship between technology and creativ...

Somebody

Somebody

2014

as Victoria

6.1
Acting

Have you ever found it impossible to say something, face to face, to someone you know, someone you love? The words just won’t come out? New messaging ...

Somebody

Somebody

2014

Director, Writer

6.1
Directing Writing

Have you ever found it impossible to say something, face to face, to someone you know, someone you love? The words just won’t come out? New messaging ...

Her

Her

2013

Thanks

7.8

In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer, purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need. To Theod...

Night Giant

2013

Executive Producer

2.0
Producing

After being haunted by a Night Giant in the streets of Echo Park, a young man contacts a Giant Hunter to help him destroy his problem. A suspenseful d...

The Future

The Future

2011

as Sophie / Paw-Paw (voice)

6.0
Acting

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing th...

The Future

The Future

2011

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing th...

Beginners

Beginners

2011

Thanks, Story

6.8
Writing

Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories ...

Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco

Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco

2011

as Self

Acting

A clip from Mike Mills, Beginners' director, at the San Francisco Film Festival during the premiere night and visiting the Golden Gate Bridge

Natural Selection

Natural Selection

2011

Thanks

6.3

When a dutiful, albeit barren Christian housewife discovers that her devout husband has suffered a stroke at a sperm bank where he's been secretly don...

Shoegazer

2010

Executive Producer

Producing

What happens when a bartender on a mission to find her cheating boyfriend gets stuck driving a drunk high-schooler home? Trans Am, emergency room, str...

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

2010

as Self

4.4
Acting

Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing politic...

I'm Here

I'm Here

2010

Thanks

7.3

A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When t...

The Swim Team

The Swim Team

2009

Thanks, Story

10.0
Writing

A young woman forms a bond with three elderly shopkeepers when she teaches them how to swim - even though there are no bodies of water to be found.

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Thanks

6.5

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—cr...

Joanie 4 Jackie: A Quick Overview

Joanie 4 Jackie: A Quick Overview

2008

Acting

A documentary about the origins of Miranda July's "Big Miss Moviola" project, later renamed "Joanie 4 Jackie."

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005

as Christine Jesperson

7.0
Acting

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has...

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005

Screenplay, Director

7.0
Writing Directing

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has...

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

2005

6.0
Acting

A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His ma...

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

2005

Writer

6.0
Writing

A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His ma...

Haysha Royko

2003

Director

1.0
Directing

Three people negotiate space and energy in the Portland International Airport. "In Haysha Royko, three people sit nonchalantly in airport chairs, whi...

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

2002

as Narrator

6.4
Acting

Graffiti removal: the act of removing tags and graffiti by painting over them. Subconscious art: a product of artistic merit that was created without ...

The Center of the World

The Center of the World

2001

Story

5.0
Writing

A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap ...

Getting Stronger Every Day

Getting Stronger Every Day

2001

Director, Writer, Editor

4.2
Directing Writing

"There are two movies I saw on TV about boys who were taken from their families and then returned to them years later. One boy was on a fun spaceship ...

Nest of Tens

Nest of Tens

2000

as Woman in Airport

3.8
Acting

Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of ...

Nest of Tens

Nest of Tens

2000

Director, Writer

3.8
Directing Writing

Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of ...

Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

2000

as Black-Eyed Nurse

6.3
Acting

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

The Amateurist

The Amateurist

1998

4.8
Acting

A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.

The Amateurist

The Amateurist

1998

Director, Editor, Camera Operator

4.8
Directing

A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.

She's Real (Worse than Queer)

She's Real (Worse than Queer)

1997

as Miranda July

Acting

A document of the Riot Grrrl and Queercore scene in the 1990s, the film has been screened at film festivals around the world, written about in zines a...

Atlanta

Atlanta

1996

4.3
Acting

A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.

Atlanta

Atlanta

1996

Director, Editor, Camera Operator

4.3
Directing

A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists

1995

Assistant Editor

6.0

What happens when a dedicated husband and father quits his job, adopts the persona of a Western-Movie Singing Cowboy, takes on the entire art establis...

The Swan Tool

N/A

as Director

Acting

In The Swan Tool, video artist Miranda July combines video, performance, music and helium in a 'live film' about a woman who works for an insurance co...

Me and You and Everyone We Know at the Sundance Director's Lab

N/A

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Director Miranda July submitted the script for ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab twice before the project was finally ...