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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Fire of Love
2022
as Narrator (voice)
A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

El Planeta
2021
Thanks
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
2021
as Awkward Woman Talking
A Woman Watches People.

Nichols Canyon Road
2020
as Eyes-on-the-road
A short film inspired by David Hockney’s painting Nichols Canyon (1980).

Nichols Canyon Road
2020
Director
A short film inspired by David Hockney’s painting Nichols Canyon (1980).

Kajillionaire
2020
Director, Writer
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
2020
Thanks
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
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
2020
as Herself
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
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
2020
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
2020
Director
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
2019
Thanks
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
2018
Thanks
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Madeline's Madeline
2018
as Regina
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
2018
as Self
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
2017
as Self
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
2017
Thanks
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
2017
Executive Producer
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
2016
Thanks
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
2015
as Self
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
2014
as Victoria
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
2014
Director, Writer
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
2013
Thanks
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
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
2011
as Sophie / Paw-Paw (voice)
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
2011
Director, Screenplay
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
2011
Thanks, Story
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
2011
as Self
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
2011
Thanks
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
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
2010
as Self
Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing politic...

I'm Here
2010
Thanks
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
2009
Thanks, Story
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
2009
Thanks
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
2008
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
2005
as Christine Jesperson
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
2005
Screenplay, Director
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?
2005
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?
2005
Writer
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
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
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
2001
Story
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
2001
Director, Writer, Editor
"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
2000
as Woman in Airport
Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of ...

Nest of Tens
2000
Director, Writer
Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of ...

Jesus' Son
2000
as Black-Eyed Nurse
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

The Amateurist
1998
A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.

The Amateurist
1998
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
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)
1997
as Miranda July
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
1996
A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.

Atlanta
1996
Director, Editor, Camera Operator
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
1995
Assistant Editor
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
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
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 ...